wildlife rehabilitation
Healing injured creatures
Wildlife rehabilitation is the practice of caring for injured, sick, or orphaned wild animals with the goal of releasing them back into their natural habitat.
Licensed rehabilitators provide medical treatment, nutrition, and shelter while minimizing human contact to preserve the animal's wild instincts: The owl was taken to a wildlife rehabilitation center after being hit by a car.
The work spans everything from songbirds to marine mammals.
- feedSupply with sustenance
- soft releaseLimited initial rollout
- hand-rearingHuman-led infant animal care
- releaseTo let go
- back to natureReturn to simple living
rewilding · second chance · wild animal · rescue · reintroduction · orphaned · veterinary medicine · heal · good hands · intake assessment · habitat restoration · anesthesia · endangered species · animal welfare · wound treatment · habitat preservation · nature center · volunteer programs
- sanctuarykeepers, caretakers, volunteers, enclosures, visitor centers
- animal welfareanimal rights, humane societies, humane treatment, shelters, animal ethics
- ecotourismecotourism, ecotour, ecotours, nature reserve, Galapagos Islands
- wildlife sciencezoology, ecology, conservation, animal behavior, field research
- pet lifepets, dog owner, cat owner, fur baby, pet ownership
- animals and humanspets, cats, dogs, pet ownership, companion animals
wildlife rehabilitationpoaching
Unlawful wildlife capture
wildlife trafficking · animal cruelty · trophy hunting · animal abuse · fur trapping
wildlife rehabilitationextermination
Complete destruction of a group
euthanasia · pest control · zoo · taxidermy · species extinction
wildlife rehabilitationhabitat destruction
Eliminating natural living spaces
culling · environmental degradation · deforestation · population control · industrial development