Principles of Raptor Cage Design

Adele Moore

doi:10.53607/wrb.v32.23

Principles of Raptor Cage Design

Authors

Adele T. Moore Treehouse Wildlife Center

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53607/wrb.v32.23

Keywords:

Raptor, cage, holding cage, release training, flight path, creance, hacking

Abstract

Constructing a cage for raptors in rehabilitation requires planning to ensure the cage will have all the components required for training raptors and for a successful release back into the wild. The author explores a checklist of what is needed both in the planning and in the construction stages. TreeHouse just designed and completed a Raptor Rehabilitation Complex in which all the cage elements are under one roof and flexible.

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Author Biography

Adele T. Moore, Treehouse Wildlife Center

Adele T. Moore is co–founder and director of TreeHouse Wildlife Center in Illinois. Established in 1979, TreeHouse is a wildlife rehabilitation and environmental educational center that admits approximately 400 raptors, waterfowl, and some small mammals annually. Adele is a founding NWRA board member and former Treasurer, as well as having received both the NWRA Lifetime Achievement Award and the Board of Director’s Award. Adele co–chaired the NWRA Beginner Rehabilitators Seminars with Sally Joosten from 1985–2010 and co–authored the NWRA Principles of Wildlife Rehabilitation in 1997 and the 2nd edition in 2002.

References

Forness, M. 1997. Flight Therapy. NWRA Principles of Wildlife Rehabilitation, 1st edition. National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association: St. Cloud, MN. Pp 6.3–6.6.

Joosten, S., and A. Moore, editors. 1997. Principles of Wildlife Rehabilitation, 1st edition. National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association: St. Cloud, MN

Miller, Erica A., DVM, editor. 2012. Minimum Standards for Wildlife Rehabilitation, 4th Edition. National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association: St. Cloud, MN.

White–tailed Deer Fawn (Odocoileus virginanus). Artwork by Chris Kerrigan.

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Published

2014-06-30

How to Cite

Moore, A. (2014). Principles of Raptor Cage Design. Wildlife Rehabilitation Bulletin, 32(1), 12–16. https://doi.org/10.53607/wrb.v32.23

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Vol. 32 No. 1 (2014)

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