Meet the Staff
At Elizabeth’s Wildlife Center, we are a dedicated group of animal lovers based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. Our mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and release, providing animals with the care and love they deserve.
Each member of our team brings a unique set of skills and a shared passion for animal welfare, ensuring that every animal that comes through our doors receives the best possible chance for a happy, healthy future.
Meet the compassionate individuals who make our life-saving work possible.
Rae Hamilton
Wildlife Assistant
Rae grew up on small hobby farm on Sumas Mountain in Abbotsford surrounded by forests. Her passion for animals and animal welfare developed early in life. Her first experience with wildlife rescue was with a young orphaned deer who showed up hungry and alone in the neighbor’s horse pasture.
Rae is a trained Veterinary Healthcare Assistant and started at Elizabeth’s in the Spring of 2023 as a volunteer. She is eager to continue to learn more and develop further skills. Rae believes that all creatures deserve the best possible care and that consideration of what is in the best interest of the animal is paramount. Rachel is the proud “pet-parent” of a 3 year old blue-heeler cross, two cats and a 17 year old Thoroughbred gelding.
Rae’s bird of choice would undoubtedly be a crow, and her favourite mammal would be the amazing opossum.
Kristie Johnson
Wildlife Assistant
Kristie has always had a passion for wildlife and animals, though she spent most of her adult life working in the business sector. Needing a change of pace, Kristie started working as a farm hand for a friend, and very quickly bonded with the various barnyard animals (one special goat in particular). She found her mind and spirit calmed in a way she hadn't expected nor experienced before. She came across a posting for Elizabeth's Wildlife Center and, with no experience, expected that she wouldn't be considered, but here we are.
If you ask Kristie what her favourite animal is, she'll tell you that she loves them all, and it's true. She really does. However, if she was forced to choose, for mammals it would have to be the Eastern Grey Squirrel, especially as a baby, and for birds, there is nothing more adorable than a fledgling Seagull!