Wildlife is all around us. Whether we are in our garden, a park, or the center of a metropolitan area, more often than not there are animals around us that we never notice. As human populations grow we take up more space, space also used by wild animals. Every day, there are many human wildlife...
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IWRC Member Spotlight: Maryrose Carson
Maryrose Carson, 2023 Helene Van Doninck Scholarship Recipient Tell us a little about yourself: I have always had a love of all animals, domestic and wild. I used to do a lot of photography of wildlife while out on walks and hikes. A few years ago I came across my first opportunity for a wildlife...
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IWRC Member Spotlight: Michelle Watson
Michelle Watson CWR Tell us a little about yourself: After working for nearly 16 years in the field of wildlife rehabilitation, I have been offered the opportunity to establish my own center under the banner of the Kogelberg Biosphere in this stunning part of the Western Cape. My dream has always been to run a...
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Silvia M. Valles, Melina’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, IWRC Member Spotlight
Tell us a little about yourself: To begin with, I am an animal lover, all animals without exception and as a result I am vegetarian. I have been around animals and dedicated my life to save them. Taking the proper precautions I can handle any animal, from a raccoon, to a bat or even a...
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Wildlife Rehabilitation Within One Health – Diane Seguin
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Zoonotic Diseases
The world health organization (WHO) estimates that zoonotic diseases account for billions of illnesses globally every year. In countries with high level infrastructure these diseases are rarer, but still a risk, especially for those in select professions (biologists, veterinarians, wildlife rehabilitators,etc.) or the immunocompromised. Those outside of these groups may contract these illnesses when exposed...
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IWRC Member Spotlight: Agamon Wildlife Rehabilitation Center (AWRC)
In this post we spotlight IWRC member the Agamon Wildlife Rehabilitation Center (AWRC). This center was established in December 2019 through a collaboration of KKL-JNF and Tel Hai College, led by Yaron Charka the Chief Ornithologist of KKL-JNF and Rona Nadler Valency, wildlife veterinarian and certified wildlife rehabilitator (DVM, CWR), the director of the Rehabilitation...
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IWRC Member Spotlight: Connie Black
DESTINED TO FLY/SONGBIRD REHABILITATORS NETWORK IWRC member Connie Black is the founder and director of Destined to Fly in Harrowsmith, Ontario. She has dedicated her life to wildlife rehabilitation, particularly focusing on the care of songbirds. With a passion for avian species, she established the Songbird Rehabilitators Network on Facebook in collaboration with Julie Eicke,...
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2022 Accomplishments
Our Basic wildlife rehabilitation class continues to be our most popular. We are proud to say that both in person and online classes are well attended and our instructors are enjoying their time back in the classroom. All together we had approximately 545 students, from North America, Africa, and Asia, take the Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation...