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Rescuing Wildlife: A Guide to Helping Injured & Orphaned Animals

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I recently came across a baby raccoon on the side of the road about to waddle out into busy oncoming traffic. I immediately stopped the car to help him. Despite being shouted out by angry drivers who told me I was a crazy person, I was able to scoop him into the woods and out of harms way with a large piece of cardboard I found in my car (I didn't physically touch him because I knew that raccoons can carry rabies). I cried all the way home thinking I should have done more for him. This event prompted me to download this book to find out more about wild animal protocol. I learned exactly what method to follow to determine how/if the animal is orphaned or injured, how to capture it if need be, and how to safely transport it to a proper wildlife rehabilitator. Often times, the animal is just fine & better off being left alone--like in the case of my baby raccoon. Every person who loves creatures great & small should read this book simply as a prerequisite for loving them. This book will give precise & professional knowledge needed to exist in harmony with our wild birds & mammals and how & when to lend a helping hand.

Finally! A book to help anyone who may or has had to help bunnies, squirrels etc.. This book is so easy to use anyone can navigate through it and find out what you need or don't need to do with baby's and adult animals in the wild. I have come across a lot of animals, baby's mostly..squirrel, bunnies, canadian gosling and I wish I had this book back then. Anyone who loves and cares about the welfare of any wild animal will benefit from this great book. It's compact enough to keep with you in the car and the price is reasonable that you can get more than one copy and keep one in the house. The information provided in this book is excellent. I also was felt confident with what I read knowing the author has extensive experience in this field and is a highly recognized member within her field. I have shared everything I have read with everyone a I come in contact with because the information is so fascinating! I love this book and I love the stories that the author has interjected throughout. They make you smile and laugh and also touch your heart! A must read!

What a wonderful and relevant publication...one that was long-overdue and written for the general public! This field guide belongs in your home and in your car--for times when you spot a wild animal in distress.
In it you will find information helping to identify a true emergency and how you can help--SAFELY! It will help you evaluate when to NOT intervene and when to simply return the baby to its rightful parents. Anyone who is animal welfare oriented or conservation-minded, as well as ANY lover of wildlife and nature should GET THIS BOOK!!!

The majority of the time you're going to find someone who is a licensed wildlife rehabilitator if you make the calls and ask vet clinics all around. However, there may be a time when things like the holidays or incidents where there is a delay on the rehabber getting there or sometimes there may be a case where they only take certain species in. After having to care for and release a baby woodpecker, I bought this book and decided to learn all I can about wildlife care. It is very informative. In my case, it was Xmas break & the rehabber couldn't come out. My cousin had called numerous vet clinics and numbers but found no one available to take the bird in at the time. So, she gave it to me & thanks to the fact that I have worked with some wildlife in the clinic & even cared for a squirrel, I was able to care for the little bird properly & release it successfully. It took 3 days to look after the bird day and night. When her kids found it, is was truely abandoned w/no nest, parents, or siblings & it had been raining over the Xmas holiday. We released it Xmas morning & the bird is seen & heard almost every other day hunting for food & hanging w/the other birds. He's already built his own home inside a tree, though it's hard to tell which one, but is seen hanging out frequently in a tree w/the other birds and pecking on trees. Twiggy has grown into quite a bird now & I can't wait to see little woodpeckers in the future. It is very important for the reader to understand how important it is to find a licensed wildlife rehabilitator by all means and that it is in fact illegal most everywhere to care for wildlife on your own and take it into your own home, but in Twiggy's case, we had no choice & thanks to reading this and all the wildlife books, he was given the best care possible as I went along w/the advice by the rehabbers on woodpecker care in all the books I have bought. This book may, too, one day prove useful, especially since I am seriously considering volunteering at a wildlife rehab center to help more birds like this and other animals along with finishing up my vet tech degree & certification.

I found it hard to believe that so much information could be packed into this book. It is written by one who has over two decades of experience as a licensed wildlife rehabilitator. As founder and director of an actual wildlife rescue facility, the author knows exactly what she is talking about.

Several species of animals are covered in this book. What was perhaps the most appealing feature of this book was that it discusses all parts of the 'animal emergency' process. Critical points are addressed. For instance, is the baby animal really in danger? What are the signs that there is a problem? How do you try to catch a bird that has been injured without frightening it to death? What do you do until you can get the animal to a licensed rehabilitator or veterinarian who helps wildlife? Those critical minutes and hours truly can make a difference.

This book is practical and offers in just the introductory chapter a valuable flowchart that walks a person through an animal emergency. It's not only what one does but what one must not do when faced with an injured animal. This book will not disappoint. I intend to get my state license in the spring and I know that I will be ahead of the class with what I've learned in this book written from a place of great experience and compassion.