Standards in Wildlife Rehabilitation€¦ · Ummm. Are you asking me to conform to THE MAN?!!?...
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Jenny SchliepsNWRA Publications Committee Chair
STANDARDSin wildlife rehabilitation
FEBRUARY 26, 2020NWRA SYMPOSIUM, South Padre Island Texas
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Standards§ What are they?§ How did they come to be?§ How can we use them?§ What is new and exciting in Standards?
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Standards
§ What are they?
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Standards“…a cooperative effort that represents the most current knowledge, expertise and techniques in our field...a reflection of what we have learned collectively and have successfully applied.”
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MINIMUMStandards
§ Community norms§ Accepted practices§ Damage control§ Increase expertise
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Standards§ Basic standards
§ Improve quality of care§ Reduce harm
§ Provide guidance§ Enclosures§ Nutrition§ Safety and health
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Standards Are NOT§ A series of enclosure sizes§ A comprehensive guide to
rehabilitation in theory and practice
§ An attempt to make everyone the same
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Standards ALSOAre NOT
§ Standards of excellence§ Best practices§ Certification
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STANDARDS!
MINIMUM STANDARDS
Ummm.
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Are you asking me to conform to THE MAN?!!?
MINIMUM STANDARDS
Possibly….
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Unacceptable standardsNot supported by peers
Acceptable standardsPractices supported by peers
MINIMUM Standards
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Standards
§ How did they come to be?
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The Beginning1989Minimum Standards for Wildlife Rehabilitation (MSWR)
§ First published in 1989§ Collaborative effort of
NWRA & IWRC§ Adopted community
standards
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2nd EDITION 1993§ Refined and updated
earlier standards§ Recommendations from
rehabilitators, NWRA & IWRC members
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3rd EDITION 2000§ Refined and updated
standards & guidelines for care
§ Recommendations from rehabilitators, NWRA & IWRC members
§ Self evaluation checklist
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NWRA Wildlife Rehabilitation Bulletin Volume 33, No. 1, Spring 2015
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Self evaluation checklistTo be used in conjunction with the MSWR§ Help rehabilitators ensure wildlife receives
appropriate housing & medical treatment§ Protect both wildlife and humans from disease
and contamination.§ Help state, provincial, and federal agency
personnel inspecting facilities
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4th EDITION 2012§ Basic knowledge
requirements for wildlife rehabilitation
§ Facility checklist & forms§ Self evaluation checklist§ Enrichment§ Turtle care information§ References
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Standards
§ What is new and exciting in Standards?
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NARWAHLS!
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Unacceptable standardsNot supported by peers
Acceptable standardsPractices supported by peers
MINIMUM StandardsREcommended
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Standards 2020§ Minimum and recommended standards§ Animal welfare in theory & practice§ Expanded information for all species
§ Housing, enrichment, environmental factors
§ Euthanasia
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Standards 2020§ New chapters
§ Stress§ Disaster preparedness§ Capture & transport§ Release § Criteria & decision-making tree for
release, surrogacy & placement
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Standards
§ How can we use them to best effect?
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Standards§ Read the whole text, then refer back to
sections§ Honest assessments§ Center animal needs and health§ Guidance for rehabilitators and regulators
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STANDARDSin wildlife rehabilitation
There is always more to
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