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New fundraiser for BC Wildlife Park features park residents on buffs

Buffs for the wildlife park

A new fundraiser for the B.C. Wildlife Park is hoping to get people into the buff.

Sorry, no, that's into a buff.

Kamloops-based Streetside Apparel has created designs featuring residents of the park, from Clover the Kermode to Thunder the Elk, and others. Six different patterns are in production right now in Montreal says Streetside's owner Jennifer Marshall.

"They're available as soon as I can get them in stock," she says. "They're already available through my Etsy and website."

Running $25, the park will receive $10 directly from each purchase she says.

"Basically I just wanted to help them out," she says. "I started arranging the car rally for them and I thought there was more that I could do."

The multipurpose stretchy loops are used for anything from facemasks to scarves to headbands. She says the zookeepers are looking forward to using them as masks since they'll be easier to use in their jobs around the park.

The six designs are bears, carnivores (the cougars, wolves, etc.), hoofs (bison and elk), small mammals, birds of prey and reptiles. She expects to have them in stock at the park itself by the end of July, though production has been affected by the pandemic.

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