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WHAT IS WILDLIFE AID BRIGADE®?
Wildlife Aid Brigade is an initiative created by Sue Lunson Farinato to protect wild animals and their families. It provides training for animal shelter staff and volunteers on humane handling and response to wildlife situations.
Volunteer/Intern Program
of Wildlife Aid Brigade trains volunteers and interns to respond from animal shelters regarding injured, ill or possibly orphaned wild animals. The volunteer/intern travels to the site and determines the species of the animal, the age and health of the animal, and whether it actually needs help. The volunteer may renest baby birds or rabbits or reunite baby animals reported as orphans with their parents. The volunteer also transports the animal to the shelter if necessary. (Read more on the Volunteer/Intern Program page.)
The Call-Taker Training trains shelter staff to handle wildlife calls from the public so that the public is informed about basic life history of native species, baby animals are given a chance to stay with their parents, and the most humane approach to handling wildlife situations is practiced. (Read more on the Call-Takers Training page.)
Wildlife Aid Brigade is an initiative created by Sue Lunson Farinato to protect wild animals and their families. It provides training for animal shelter staff and volunteers on humane handling and response to wildlife situations.
Volunteer/Intern Program
of Wildlife Aid Brigade trains volunteers and interns to respond from animal shelters regarding injured, ill or possibly orphaned wild animals. The volunteer/intern travels to the site and determines the species of the animal, the age and health of the animal, and whether it actually needs help. The volunteer may renest baby birds or rabbits or reunite baby animals reported as orphans with their parents. The volunteer also transports the animal to the shelter if necessary. (Read more on the Volunteer/Intern Program page.)
The Call-Taker Training trains shelter staff to handle wildlife calls from the public so that the public is informed about basic life history of native species, baby animals are given a chance to stay with their parents, and the most humane approach to handling wildlife situations is practiced. (Read more on the Call-Takers Training page.)
This website is not for emergency wildlife questions! A member of the public seeking help for a wild animal should immediately call their local shelter/humane society, or contact a wildlife rehabilitator for advice. To find a wildlife rehabilitator in your area, go to http://tinyurl.com/6ggf93 to search your state for rehabilitator contact numbers.
Here a volunteer becomes familiar with two Mourning Dove chicks at a rehabilitation center. Volunteers
with Wildlife Aid Brigade also learn emergency techniques for saving wild lives.
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The programs of Wildlife Aid Brigade are designed to keep wildlife families together, particularly when human-caused disruption of wildlife homes has occurred. By using techniques such as recreating a nest, wild adult animals are given another chance to raise their own young in the wild.
Sue L. Farinato is a wildlife rehabilitator based in Maryland. She has served on the Wildlife Subcommittee of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments for five years.
For further information, please email us at info@wildlifeaidbrigade.org.
