Practical Wildlife Care (eBook)

Les Stocker MBE, HonAssocRCVS is the Founder of the Wildlife Hospital Trust, St. Tiggywinkles, Europe's first and the World's busiest wildlife teaching hospital. In 1990 he became a Laureate on winning the Rolex Award for Enterprise. In 1991 he was awarded an MBE for his services to wildlife and in 2002 was granted an Honorary Associateship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. He is author of a number of best selling books, papers, articles and writer of television programmes on wildlife rehabilitation and is accepted as one of the Country's leading experts on wildlife care.

Foreword.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

1 Prime Directives.

2 First Response.

3 Fluid Therapy / Part I: Building Blocks.

4 Fluid Therapy / Part II: Administration.

5 Wound Management / Part I: The Biology of Wounds.

6 Wound Management / Part II: The Treatment of Wounds.

7 Biology and First Aid of Fractures.

8 Fracture Management.

9 Avian Wildlife Disease.

10 Mammalian Wildlife Disease.

11 Garden Birds.

12 Pigeons.

13 Game Birds.

14 Corvids.

15 Water Birds - Ducks.

16 Water Birds - Swans.

17 Geese and Other Water Birds.

18 Birds of Prey.

19 Seabirds.

20 Hand-rearing Orphaned Birds.

21 Small Mammals.

22 Hedgehogs.

23 Rabbits and Hares.

24 Red Fox.

25 Badgers.

26 Other Mustelids.

27 Deer.

28 Bats.

29 Other Mammal Species.

30 Rearing Orphaned Wild Mammals.

31 Reptiles and Amphibians.

Appendix 1 JNCC Guidelines on Handling Bats.

Appendix 2 British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) Guidelines
for Response to Cetacean Strandings.

Appendix 3 Birds on Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside
Act 1981 (as of May 1998).

Appendix 4 The Law relating to the use and possession of
airguns.

Appendix 5 Suggested Record Sheet to Accompany Bat Samples to
the Central Veterinary Laboratory.

Appendix 6 Selected Rehabilitation Supplies and Suppliers.

Appendix 7 Useful Addresses in Wildlife Rehabilitation.

References and Further Reading.

Index.

"Les Stocker's, Practical Wildlife Care, is
jam-packed with an incredible amount of information on wild animal
rehabilitation. Stocker's vast knowledge and experience with
wildlife reveals itself in every sentence of the book."
(Suite 101, February 2009)

"If the practice has used and found the first edition useful,
this updated edition adds to that resource. If, however, the
practice does not have any books on wildlife treatment, then this
is an excellent addition to the library." (Vet Times, December
2005)