Monday, March 23, 2020

Rescued animals

Animal resue or rehabilitation is the treatment and care of injured, orphaned or sick animals.

Rehabilitation begins when an animal found and reported to a wild life rehabilitator, or seized from the illegal wildlife trade or a poacher.

The rehabilitator will examine the animal to determine the extent of the injury and the probability of successful rehabilitation. If it appears that the animal can make a sufficient recovery to be able to return to the wild, the animal will be fed, nurtured, provided safe temporary housing, and medically treated as necessary.

Animals that cannot be rehabilitated are usually euthanized humanely, although animals are  occasionally placed at facilities appropriately licensed for educational exhibit or brought in to appropriate lifetime care in a wildlife rescue center.

A non-releasable animal may sometimes be kept by the rehabilitator as a surrogate parent for orphaned or injured young animal.

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