To help generate much needed income to allow us to continue with the important work we do, many of our animals have taken up acting. Staff of the Muskoka Wildlife Centre have been providing their animal coordinating/advising and handling services to the film industry for more than eighteen years. We pride ourselves on our integrity and professional conduct and have established ourselves as an industry leader within the film community. Because our animals are handled daily and are exposed to many varied environments, while participating in our live animal out-reach programs, they are well socialized, travel well and genuinely enjoy the change of scenery that comes with working on sets all over North America. We currently maintain the largest collection of native animal species in Ontario and with a vast network of professional contacts (second to none), we can provide almost any creature from anteater to zebra and everything in between.  Below you will find a few examples of some of the work we have done.  Please contact Dale Gienow (dale@muskokawildlifecentre.com) 705 689-0222 for more information or to discuss your project.

Starring our Kokanee the cougar, Yeti the lynx, Rufus the bobcat, Hyde the wolverine, Kootenay the black bear, Oreo the skunk and Peter the cotton-tail.  Deer, wild turkeys, pheasants, snowshoe hare, caribou, grizzly bear were also provided for this wildlife documentary, aired on the Discovery Channel. Much of this production was filmed on site here at the Muskoka Wildlife Centre.  read more

This big screen production was filmed in Northern Quebec, about 6 hours North of Montreal.  Our staff and some of our animals spent 4 months living in St Felicien while shooting this visually stunning family movie.  The animals provided included Woodrow and Millie the beavers, Dr. Who the great-horned owl, Yeti and Hudson the lynx and Fergus the bullfrog.  We also provided/handled 5 wolves, 2 black bears, porcupine, skunk, otter and a garter snake.  read more

One of our centre directors, Jody Gienow, is the on-screen host for this nationally broadcast series of over 20 public service announcements.  Muskoka Wildlife Centre has also provided numerous animals for these productions.

We were the head coordinators/advisers and animal handlers for this series, bringing to set over 450 species and 700 individual animals. This represented the largest group of animals ever assembled for a television production in Canadian history.  The project spanned 2 years and was filmed in Etobicoke and Montreal.
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This big screen production, starring Gene Hackman and Ray Romano was filmed in Port Perry, Ontario and starred our very own Chocolate the moose, as “Bruce the moose”.