Euthanasia: Damaged Wildlife and the Role and Duties of a Wildlife Rehabilitator

Authors

  • Kip Parker

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53607/wrb.v29.74

Keywords:

Euthanasia, wildlife rehabilitation, animal welfare

Abstract

Wildlife rehabilitators still sometimes struggle to articulate and create policies around their role and responsibilities within the profession, especially where euthanasia and the humane end to suffering is concerned. This article provides additional discussion for the ongoing dialogue on the role of euthanasia in wildlife rehabilitation and how rehabilitators should strive to meet these responsibilities, based on the principles of best science and best available care.

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Author Biography

Kip Parker

Kip Parker is Facilities Manager at a large urban wildlife centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and provides wildlife rehabilitation consulting services to rehabilitators, businesses, and governments across North America.

References

Miller, E. A. 2002. Euthanasia—the Other Release, in NWRA Principles of Wildlife Rehabilitation, 2nd edition (Adele T. Moore and Sally Joosten, editors). National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association: St. Cloud, MN.

McKeever, Katherine. 1993. Quality of Life. NWRA Newsline, Volume 11, No. 3. National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association: St. Cloud, MN.

Published

2011-06-30

How to Cite

Parker, K. (2011). Euthanasia: Damaged Wildlife and the Role and Duties of a Wildlife Rehabilitator. Wildlife Rehabilitation Bulletin, 29(1), 14–16. https://doi.org/10.53607/wrb.v29.74