Aya joined the IWRC staff on December 2nd, 2019. You can find short bio’s on each of our staff members here! Q&A with Aya: Please share an early/childhood experience that was pivotal to your personal relationship to wildlife. When I was twelve years old my neighbor rescued a baby squirrel from the jaws of her...
Author: Kai (Kai Williams)
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2019 Board Updates
IWRC’s annual board and officer elections are complete. Breakdown of the results: Member Election Results Jayanthi Kallam *new board member Pat Latas *new board member Dani Nicholson (reelected) Board Appointed Individuals Deborah Galle *new board member Kristen Heitman (reelected) Mandy Kamps (reelected) Ashraf NVK (reelected) Officer Positions Adam Grogan has moved from his previous post...
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Call for Comments and Suggestions
Minimum Standards for Wildlife Rehabilitation The National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association (NWRA) and the International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council (IWRC) are starting the process of revising the fourth edition of Minimum Standards for Wildlife Rehabilitation (MSWR). Both organizations wish to get input from as many people as possible—rehabilitators, veterinarians, governing agencies, and others directly involved in the...
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Intent Not Result—Drives US Migratory Bird Treaty Act Interpretation
Part I (March 2018) On December 22, 2017, the US Department of the Interior released a new interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), which does not prohibit incidental take. In addition, the US House of Representatives introduced a bill in November (HR 4239) which similarly removes protections from animals affected by the energy industry (oil...
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2018 Board Changes
IWRC’s annual board and officer elections are complete. Breakdown of the results: Member Election Results Lloyd Brown (reelected) Brooke Durham *new board member Laurin Huse (reelected) Board Appointed Individuals Shathi Govender *new board member Adam Grogan (reelected) Suzanne Pugh *new board member Officer Positions Mandy Kamps is our newly elected vice-president. Adam Grogan has moved from his previous...
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#HarveyWildlife Rehabilitation Effort Fundraiser
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 4th, 2017 Wildlife Rehabilitation Community Aids Its Own [HOUSTON, TX] — Disasters bring communities together and bring out the best in people. Organizations helping people and organizations helping companion animals (dogs, cats, horses, etc.) impacted by natural and human-made disasters have become part of the emergency landscape. They quickly and...
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Wildlife Rehabilitation: The Career
Reprinted with permission from Becoming a Wildlife Professional, Scott E Henke and Paul R Krausman, editors (pp 140-142) Wildlife rehabilitation centers are nonprofit or governmental agencies that provide care to injured, ill, and orphaned wild animals and assist area residents with human/wildlife conflicts. Organizational goals and missions focus on the conservation of species, conflict resolution,...
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Promote mental health in the work (volunteer) place
In recent years, Lynn Miller, Sue Wylie, and I have written reminders to take time for self care in IWRC’s newsletters. After discussing the recent instances of suicide with a colleague, it occurred to me that IWRC is well placed to do more to speak up for the mental health of wildlife rehabilitators. Over the...
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Tidbits from New Staff Member Katie McInnis
Please share an early/childhood experience that was pivotal to your personal relationship with wildlife. As a child I always loved animals. I distinctly remember finding a squirrel that had been hit by a car and wanting to help him. My mother helped me get the squirrel into a box and we took it to the...
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Together, we give knowledge
Thank goodness Black Friday and Cyber Monday are followed globally (71 countries and counting!) by #GivingTuesday, a day of social giving and philanthropy. “As a global movement, #GivingTuesday unites countries around the world by sharing our capacity to care for and empower one another.” Teach a man to fish = Train a wildlife rehabilitator The...