Publications Available on Wildlife Rehabilitation

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Additional Resources:

Willowbrook Wildlife Center's Pharmaceutical Index, published by the Willowbrook Wildlife Foundation

2S 525 S. Park Blvd.
Gleyn Ellyn, IL 60137
(630) 942-6200
Single copies are $18 including shipping to the US. Foreign shipments are extra.
Please call for multiple book shipping costs. 2nd edition published in 2000,
edited by Dr. Katie Brown

Care and Rehabilitation of Injured Owls, fourth ed. by Katherine McKeever. Published by W.F. Rannie

Lincoln, Ontario
P.O. Box 700
Beamsville, Ontario, L0R 1B0
--- excellent resource book for anyone who deals with raptors of any kind, 196 p.,
3-ring binder

Medical Management of Birds of Prey, second ed. by Patrick T. Redig, D.V.M., Ph.D. Published by The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota

1920 Fitch Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
--- excellent resource book for anyone who deals with raptors of any kind,
contains excellent protocols and "how-tos", considered by many to be a
"must-have"

Raptor Biomedicine, Redig, P., J. E. Cooper, J. D. Remple, and B. Hunter. (Editors). 1993.

--- falconers and managers of captive birds will gain useful
information that will promote preventative medicine. Field biologists,
veterinarians, and rehabilitators will acquire new perspectives on
disease and the environmental factors that determine the survival of
casualty birds and influence population dynamics of wild raptors.

Willowbrook Wildlife Haven Volunteer Handbook by Willowbrook Wildlife Haven. Published by the Willowbrook Wildlife Haven

P.O. Box 2339
Glen Ellyn, IL 60138
(708) 942-6200
--- excellent volunteer manual; good for general information
as well as a model for volunteer manuals; good species care
information and natural history information, 89+ p., 3-hole punched sheets

Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation 1AB by Jan White, DVM. Published by the International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council

4437 Central Place
Suite B-4, Suisun, CA 94585
(707) 864-1761
--- a definite "must-have" manual for wildlife rehabilitators; this is the manual
that goes along with the Basic Wildlife Rehab. 1AB skills seminar; good
medical information and diet calculation information, 160 p., spiral bound

Primer of Wildlife Care & Rehabilitation by Patti L. Raley. Published by the Brukner Nature Center

5995 Horseshoe Bend Road
Troy, Ohio 45373
(513) 698-6493
--- another definite "must-have" for wildlife rehabilitators; contains all the
information you need, including extensive diet information, lab
techniques, veterinary info, zoonoses, MANY excellent charts with wonderful
species information, and so on! 24.95 (+ 2.00 shipping), 225 p. spiral bound

Wild Animal Care and Rehabilitation Manual, fourth edition, by the Kalamazoo Nature Center

7000 North Westnedge Avenue
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007
Phone = (616) 381-1574
Fax = (616) 381-2557
137 pp. (soft cover)

Raptor Rehabilitation - A Manual of Guidelines Offered by the Carolina Raptor Center, by the Carolina Raptor Center (Mathias Engelmann and Pat Marcum)

P.O. Box 16443
Charlotte, NC 28297-6443
(704) 875-6521
180 pp. (soft cover)

Wildlife Rehabilitation and Care Manual, by Wildlife Welfare, Inc.

c/o Jan Eisenhower Jackson
4216 Mountainbrook Road
Apex, NC 2750
(include your phone number)
103 pp. (3-ring binder)

Wildlife Rehabilitation Minimum Standards & Accreditation Program, by IWRC and NWRA,

IWRC
4437 Central Place, Suite B-4
Suisun, CA 94585
(707) 864-1761
Fax: (707) 864-3106
(spiral bound)
Strongly recommended for all wildlife rehabilitators

Caring for Birds of Prey, by Jerry Olsen

Faculty of Education
University of Canberra
P.O. Box 1
Belconnen ACT
Australia 2615
81 pp. (soft cover)

Housing Avian Insectivores During Rehabilitation, by Paul D. and Georgean Z. Kyle

Driftwood Wildlife Association
P.O. Box 39
Driftwood, Texas 78619
59 pp. (spiral bound)

State Wildlife Laws Handbook, by Ruth S. Musgrave and Maryann Stein, Published by Government Insts.

The University of New Mexico Center for Wildlife Law
4 Research Place
Suite 200
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone 301-921-2355
$89 plus $4 shipping
The Center for Wildlife Law puts out a quarterly newsletter.
For a complimentary copy write to: Center for Wildlife Law, 1117 Stanford NE,
Albuquerque, NM 87131 or call (505) 277-5089

Wildlife Feeding and Nutrition, by Charles T. Robbins, Academic Press.

..... Not only are all the reports in the book useful, but the references steer you
to an almost infinite number of other reports and journals on the same subject.

Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases in the Southeastern United States, by William R. Davidson & Victor F. Nettles

SCWDS
Attn: Field Manual
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
..... This is a manual geared to field identification of diseases in
free-ranging wildlife. It is 309 pages long, but is compact... and has
105 color photos to accompany the text, which is well written. The cost is
$15.00.

The Birder's Handbook (a field guide to the natural history of North American Birds).

..... This book is a big help when trying to determine what to feed a species you
don't normally get in.

American Wildlife & Plants (A Guide to Wildlife Food Habits)

..... Contains good diet information on both birds and mammals.

Training Opportunities for Rehabilitators, NWRA

NWRA Publications
14 North 7th Avenue
St. Cloud, MN 56303
(612) 259-408_
40 pp.
$6.00 for members and $10.50 for non-members (plus postage and handling
of $2.50/item)
..... Contains a listing of all the locations available in the US for
internship opportunities in wildlife rehabilitation

Living With Wildlife,

a Sierra Club book
written by the California Center for Wildlife with
Diana Landau and Shelley Stump
good book for the general public; absolutely stresses who is
qualified to care for injured and orphaned animals; also gives
the background of rehab, permits, etc.
paperback, $15 (available from most bookstores)

Publications Available From the Cornell Study of Wildlife Rehabilitation:

Human Dimensions Research Unit
Department of Natural Resources
Fernow Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-2902

Single copies of the following publications on wildlife rehabilitation are
available at publication cost from the Human Dimensions Research Unit
(HDRU) in the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University. The
HDRU is a nationally-recognized leader in the study of the econocmeconomic
and social values of wildlife, fish, and other natural resources and the
application of such information in management planning and policy.

Siemer, W. F, T. L.. Brown, and P. P. Martin. 1994.
Characteristics of wildlife rehabilitation cooperators in New York. Wildlife
Rehabilitation. Volume 12:227-246 ($2.00)

Siemer, W. F. 1993. Key perceptions held by wildlife managers and
wildlife rehabilitators in New York: an assessment of communication
coorientation. Hum. Dimensions Res. Unit Publ. 93-1. Dep. of Nat. Resour.,
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y. 53pp. ($7.00)

Siemer, W. F. 1992. Characteristics, activities, and attitudes of
licensed wildlife rehabilitators in New York. Hum. Dimensions Res. Unit
Publ. 92-1. Dept. of Nat. Resour., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y. 75pp. ($9.00)

Siemer, W. F. 1992. Wildlife rehabilitators' Attitudes and Motivations:
insights from New York. Wildlife Rehabilitation. Volume 10:205-220.
($2.00)

Siemer, W. F., P. P. Martin, and R. D. Stumvoll. 1992. Tapping the potential
of the wildlife rehabilitation community for public education on wildlife
damage management. Proc. 5th Eastern Wildl. Damage Control Conf.
Ithaca, NY. 5:142-146. ($1.00)

The Exotic Animal Formulary, by Dr. James W. Carpenter

order by calling: 1-800-362-8138
or write to:
Veterinary Specialty Products, Inc.
P.O. Box 812005
Boca Raton, FL 33481
$29.95 plus $3.00 S/H

The Songbird Diet Index, by Marcy Rule

lists 149 birds' natural diets and rehab diets
Write to:
Coconut Creek Publishing Co
2201 NW Terrace
Coconut Creek, FL 33066-2032
Send check for $23.00 (postage included) DO IT YOURSELF! 19 Easy "How To" Money Saving Projects For Handy Wildlife Rehabilitators
Coconut Creek Publishing Co.
2300 W. Sample Rd. Suite 314
Pompano Beach, FL 33073
Toll free: 888-WRT-1020
email: info@wildliferehabtoday.com
35 pages
$9.95

Handbook of Wildlife Chemical Immobilization, by Terry J. Kreeger (1997)

Write to:
International Wildlife Veterinary Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 37
Laramie, Wyoming 82070-0037
340 pp.

Stinky Business: How to Rehabilitate Skunks, by Share Bond, 3rd Ed., 117p.

Contact:
skunks10@aol.com

When Raccoons Fall through Your Ceiling: The Handbook for Coexisting with Wildlife

by Andrea Dawn Lopez
website: www.unt.edu/untpress/titles/lopezad.htm 


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