Description
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Wildlife Nutrition: Feeding for Rehabilitation, Release, and Reintroduction is a globally relevant, science-based guide designed to empower wildlife rehabilitators, veterinarians, and animal care professionals with the knowledge they need to make confident, informed nutrition decisions.
This book provides practical tools and frameworks to guide decision-making at every stage of care. Readers will find guidance to:
- Evaluate diets based on species-specific needs and recovery goals.
- Adapt feeding plans to changing conditions and individual cases.
- Maintain wildness and fitness from admission through successful release.
- Integrate science and practice with real-world examples and expert insights.
Designed using evidence-based principles and backed by decades of field knowledge, this guide will help practitioners at every level better understand the nutritional needs of the animals in their care, and ultimately return more healthy, resilient animals to the wild.Â
Edited by: Stephanie Herman CWR and Katie McInnis DVM, CWR
Featuring Chapter Authors:
Trent Barnhart, Animal Nutritionist, Santa Barbara Zoo
Fran Bell, RVN, DipVNZS, CWR, NCert(Anaes), Western Australia
Stephanie Herman CWR, Rehabilitation Content Specialist, IWRC
Erin L Kendrick MS, Clinical Nutritionist, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Katie McInnis DVM, CWR, Staff Veterinarian, Cascades Raptor Center
Janine Perlman PhD, Comparative Nutritional Biochemist, Wildlife Nutrition Consultant
Michael L Power PhD, Animal Scientist, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Nicki Rosenhagen DVM, Wildlife Veterinarian, PAWS Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
… plus practical Spotlights and Deep Dives from 18 more wildlife professionals from around the world!
