The 6th edition of the IWRC Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation Manual is currently the textbook for our Basic Wildlife Rehab Class.  If you are taking the class, do not buy the book, it is included in the class fee.

This text provides the rehabilitator with the foundations of wildlife rehabilitation, from housing and handling to calculating drug dosages.

200 pages, Wirebound

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Support IWRC

IWRC and its members worldwide contribute to the rescue, rehabilitation and reintroduction of hundreds of thousands of wild animals each year, providing a public service that is above value.

By contributing you will help IWRC provide services to still more rehabilitators throughout the world.

Course Title: Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation

Pre-requisite: None

Fee: Member-$125, Nonmember-$159

Delivery Method: Classroom

CE Hours: 13

Pre-requisite: None (Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation recommended)

Fee: Varies

Delivery Method: Online, On Demand and Classroom Style (if locations listed below)

CE Hours: 5

Course Description:

All animals have parasites. Understanding them leads to better care of wildlife in rehabilitation and can reduce the spread of disease. Parasitology is a comprehensive course covering individual parasites, their life cycles, and their transmission to new hosts. In this course you begin to learn how to identify the diagnostic forms, the treatments to use and also the zoonotic potential for many varieties of parasites.

*NEW* Live course will include a parasitology lab!

8 Credit Hours

Join us at the Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton, Wisconsin where wildlife rehabilitators, veterinarians, conservationists, and other professionals from around the world will discuss the latest in wildlife rehabilitation.  For more information visit our Symposium pages.

Make sure to also sign up for the banquet if you are interested.

Field trip and pre-conference workshops coming later.

The banquet and silent auction will be held the evening of Friday, November 16th.  Exciting auction items are already coming in!

This lovely bag was designed by an IWRC volunteer.  The main fabric is a sturdy but elegant two toned ivory with an appliqued IWRC logo set into the front pocket.

Pre-requisite: None (Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation recommended)

Fee: Member-$79, Nonmember-$99

Delivery Method: Online, On Demand

CE Hours: 2.5

Course Description:

The Pain Management course is designed to give wildlife care professionals a working knowledge of the vocabulary and concepts underlying the modern approach to pain management in mammalian and avian species.

Topics include the physiology and clinical signs of pain, supportive care techniques, and drug therapy including indications, contraindications and side effects.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

- Use and understand pain terminology

- Understand the physiology of pain

- Recognize the physical and clinical signs of pain

- Understand the formulary of medications used to treat pain in wildlife

- Contribute to the development of strategies for pain management

The 2nd edition of the IWRC Wildlife Feeding and Nutrition Manual is currently the text book for our Wildlife Feeding and Nutrition course. If you are taking the class do not buy the book, it is included in the class fee.

This text provides the wildlife professional with the foundations of wildlife nutrition. Chapters include Dietary Patterns, Nutrients, Principles of Formulating Diets, Malnutition and more.

91 pages, wirebound

This is for renewal only.  To join as a new member or rejoin if you have not been a member since June of 2010 please click here.

Open to non-profit* agencies affiliated with a branch of local, state, or federal government actively supporting or operating wildlife rehabilitation programs. *for exceptions contact office@theiwrc.org

Annual Dues: $75

Benefits:

• Subscription to the periodic Journal of Wildlife Rehabilitation.
• Discounts on symposium & training course registration and literature orders for individuals designated by the center.
• Access to members-only section of website.
• Access to online membership directory.
• Voting privileges (can vote in board elections) for two designees of your organization

If the shopping cart disappears after placing your order please call Kai at 866-871-1869 to place your order over the phone or email Kim at office@theiwrc.org to request a PayPal invoice.

• Subscription to the periodic Journal of Wildlife Rehabilitation.

Vintage folk, jazz, and pop band Bears of Manitou recorded this CD specifically for IWRC.  All proceeds from your purchase go to IWRC.

Sounds include:

Out of Colorado

Sing It Loud

I Can’t Thank You Enough

Your Story

Dancing in Circles

This course is designed to prepare potential oil spill volunteers in what to expect at an accidental uncontrolled release of oil into the environment.  Legal and managerial/organizational aspects of the class are specific to the US environment, but may also be useful in organizing non-US spills.

Course Goals:

•Introduce the US governmental and non-governmental agencies involved

•Introduce Incident Command System (ICS)

•Discuss health and safety issues

•Discuss species involved and handling procedures

•Discuss stabilization and care information

•Help you decide if working with oiled wildlife is for you

Cherokee Workwear scrubs.   V neck top with two pockets and drawstring pants.  Sizing runs slightly large.  IWRC logo on left chest.

Limited quantities are available of XS sizes (call or email for availability).

Please note that Azalea and Turquoise are not available in XL or XXL.

Pre-requisite: None (Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation recommended)

Fee: Member-$95, Nonmember-$115

Delivery Method: Online, Live

CE Hours: 5.5 (proposed)

Course Description:

Most healthy nestling raptors ‘rescued’ by the public are not truly orphans, and it’s generally agreed their best option is to be reunited with parents or fostered to another nest, so they can grow up in the wild in the care of wild adults.  Reuniting and fostering also relieves stress on overcrowded rehabilitation facilities during baby season.  But many wildlife rehabilitators lack the knowledge and tools for reuniting.

This course is designed to provide the essential know-how for licensed wildlife rehabilitators to reunite or foster most species of North American raptors.

Minimum Standards for Wildlife Rehabilitation, 4th edition, is based on accepted norms in biology, medicine, behavior, natural history, and, of course, wildlife rehabilitation. This publication was reviewed and updated by experienced wildlife rehabilitators from around the country and provides useful information on appropriate cage sizes, disinfectants, and cage furniture while caring for wildlife undergoing rehabilitation.  The information in the publication pertains to all who rehabilitate wildlife, regardless of numbers and types of wildlife cared for, budget size, number of paid or volunteer staff, and size and location of activity.

Published by IWRC and NWRA

116pp

3rd Edition 2011

This text provides the wildlife professional with information on initial wildlife intake care, triage and stabilization in emergency settings.

45 pages, wirebound