What is Wildlife Rehabiliation?
As one of many ways to preserve and protect our natural environment, wildlife rehabilitation provides unique insights into issues affecting wildlife populations, species and habitats, and contributes to wildlife conservation and protection worldwide. Wildlife rehabilitation is the process of providing professional care to injured, orphaned, displaced, or distressed wild animals in such a way that they may survive when returned to their native habitats. It also involves being proactive to prevent problems with wildlife and humanely resolving mounting human-wildlife conflicts. Wildlife rehabilitation is part science, part education, part problem-solving, and part care-giving. It is a quickly developing field with a rapidly expanding base of knowledge and ever-increasing professional standards.