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Rescuing wild animals and living to tell about it / Bob Anderson

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Anderson, Bob
Published
Wills Point, Texas : Krittergitters Publishing, [2017]
Copyright Date
©2017
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Contents
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Helping Animals; Safety; Chapter One: Zoonosis; Rabies (Lyssavirus); Hantavirus (Sin Nombre Virus); Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (Rickettsia Ricketts); Encephalitis; Raccoon Roundwormâ#x80;#x93;â#x80;#x93;Baylisascaris Procyonis (Larval Migrans); Bubonic Plague (Yersina Pestis); Tularemia (Francisella Tularensis); Leptospirosis (Leptospira Interrogans); Salmonellosis (Salmonella Enteriditis); Lyme Disease (Borrelia Burgdorferi); Brucellosis (Undulant Fever); Zoonosisâ#x80;#x93;â#x80;#x93;Summary; Chapter Two: Animal First Aid; Shock and Stress; Initial Exam., Wounds with Severe BleedingWounds without Severe Bleeding; Bites; Gunshot Wounds; Fractures; Abdominal Injuries; Eye Injuries; Burns; Hyperthermia/Hypothermia; Myiasis; Fluid Therapy; Determining Hydration; Illnesses; Euthanasia; First-Aid Kit; Chapter Three: Rescue; General Animal Handling; Rescue Equipment; Chapter Four: Birds; A Cat-Caught Bird; A Bird Hit My Window; A Bird Fell Out of Its Nest; The Nest Fell Out of the Tree; A Bird in the Chimney; A Bird in the House; A Bird is Caught in Sticky Traps; A Bird Fell into a Puddle of Oil; Birds Having Suspected Diseases; Raptors., and Chapter Five: SnakesPit Vipersâ#x80;#x93;â#x80;#x93;Rattlesnakes; Pit Vipersâ#x80;#x93;â#x80;#x93;Copperheads and Water Moccasins; Coral Snakes; Rescuing Snakes; In Case of Snake Bite; Chapter Six: Animal Behavior; Raccoons; Skunks; Rabbits; Coyotes; Squirrels; Bears, Mountain Lions, Adult Deer, and Elk; Virginia Opossums; Porcupines; Chapter Seven: What to Expect; Chapter Eight: Lessons Learned; Chapter Nine: Coexisting; Coexisting with Skunks; Coexisting with Rabbits; Coexisting with Raccoons; Back Cover.
Summary
Many years ago I started rescuing wild animals from environments that were hazardous to their well being. In the beginning it was a fairly uncomplicated venture. All that was required was to locate the creature, pick it up, take it home and do what I could to get it healthy and releasable. Each rescue I attempted seemed to get more complex because I quickly learned that my knowledge base of the animal and its needs was very limited. For example, I couldn't just find the creature and pick it up until I had some idea how the animal might react to my presence and I had no idea of the hazards involved in trying to pick up an angry, scared wild animal. Throughout each rescue and attempted rehabilitation the processes seemed to become more complex and dangerous. A lot of my knowledge gaps were fill through [sometimes painful] in the field experience. The area of Rehabilitation proved to be equally complex and confusing. To help solve the many mysteries I turned to the written literature. I can readily remember wishing for a reference book to serve as an operations manual for the rescue industry. Such a book did not exist. There were many references, but none all inclusive or comprehensive. In an attempt to assist the industry, we began documenting and publishing technical bulletins of our many procedures. After several years, we found it necessary to bring in new employees and figure out how to train them. In response we opened a wildlife rescue academy. We compiled all our in the field knowledge with the many technical bulletins we had published and created a student training manual for Wildlife Rescue and another for Wildlife Rehabilitation. These manuals served the company, the students and the animals very well. In 2017 a decision was made to memorialize these manuals into the long overdue reference book to serve as an operations manual for the rescue industry. The Wildlife Rehabbers Handbook has been well tested and proven, developed over many years of research and experience and are easy to use, comprehensive and technically accurate.
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ISBN
9781642556148 (electronic bk.)
1642556149 (electronic bk.)
9781640084957
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