One health: why we do what we do

Abstract

Wildlife rehabilitators are important One Health professionals. Though this is arguably one of the most impactful aspects of our work, it is often undervalued or not recognized at all by the public. Evaluating how you as a rehabilitator are contributing to the protection of human, animal, and environmental health and highlighting your involvement with the public has the potential to benefit one health, but also the rehabilitation community and the public’s perception of wildlife rehabilitation in general.