A new book launch will bring awareness to the regions odor-able creatures.

'Scared Skunk' is the third book written by Michelle and Denver Suttie, whose passion for helping animals is infectious.

The Suttie's are hoping to not only educate youngsters with a variety of facts, but bring awareness to the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation (AIWC).

Michelle says, the Institute helped everything from hummingbirds to moose calves last year.

"The Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation has been around for about 23 years and what they do is provide care for injured and orphaned wildlife and prepare them for release back into the wild. They treat, this year, over 1600 animals and they are an amazing organization."

Like many other organizations AIWC is trying to raise support, awareness, and donations for all they do.

"AIWC brought in over 1600 animals this past year, that's a lot of hungry mouths to feed. The really important message for us to try and get across is animal shelters, like AIWC, 95% of the animals that we treat are injured or orphaned due to human activity. We all play a part as a society in the issues wild animals face."

Denver says the inspiration for creating the line of books came from an abandoned porcupine the Suttie family found, and raising awareness to the many issues wild animals face. The Suttie's first book 'Porcupine's Problem' was published in 2009. 

"Many years ago, my mom found a porcupine by the side of the road and when she brought him to an animal shelter that's what kind of opened up that world to her. That is what let us to realize there were issues to be written about."

If you are an animal lover, you can enjoy a reading and signing of Scared Skunk at Deja Brew on Saturday, November 19 at 1:30 pm. All proceeds of the book go toward rescue and rehabilitation of our wild friends. 

If you would like more information on AIWC you will find it here.