ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2023
Interrupted Lives: Welfare Considerations in Wildlife Rehabilitation.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Methodological rigour and reporting quality of the literature on wildlife rescue, rehabilitation, and release: a global systematic review.The veterinary quarterly · 2025Pooled it
- Eurasian Red Squirrels (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Microbiome Stability in Wild and Rehabilitated Insectivorous Bats Revealed by Shotgun Metagenomics.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- A Retrospective Analysis of Wildlife Rehabilitation Trends in Lithuania over Two Decades.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites as stress biomarkers in common buzzards (Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Easy rescues, difficult decisions: Advancing the ethical dialogue in wildlife triage, treatment and rehabilitation.Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2026Review
- Cerebellar hypoplasia in an Amur leopard cat (Veterinarni medicina · 2025Article
- Veterinary medicine in reintroduction and reinforcement of the European pond turtle Emys orbicularis: a review.BMC veterinary research · 2025Review
- Anticipatory Behavior and Enrichment: Insights into Assessing and Managing Harbor Seal (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Selection of Animal Welfare Indicators for Primates in Rescue Centres Using the Delphi Method:Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Two Cases of Feather Dystrophy in Free-Living Griffon Vultures (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Successful rehabilitation and release of two severely injured Formosan black bears (Ursus thibetanus formosanus) with desensitization to routine treatment procedures.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
- Suitability assessment protocol for the release of raptors for rehabilitation: Based on the Delphi method of animal-focused welfare indicators.Open veterinary journal · 2025Article
- Avian Haemosporidian Infection in Wildlife Rehabilitation Centres of Portugal: Causes, Consequences, and Genetic Diversity.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Morbidity and Prognostic Factors Associated with Wild Hedgehogs Admitted to a Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Catalonia (NE Spain) from 1995 to 2020.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Survey of antimicrobial and probiotic use practices in wildlife rehabilitation in the United States.PloS one · 2024Article
- Reasons for admission and rehabilitation rates of various wildlife species in Finland.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- The Speaker Method: A Novel Release Method for Offspring Mammals and 5-Year Study on Three Costa Rican Mammals.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
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Abstract
Each year in the United States, thousands of sick, injured, or displaced wild animals are presented to individuals or organizations who have either a federal or state permit that allows them to care for these animals with the goal of releasing them back to the wild. The purpose of this review is to demonstrate the complexity of considerations rehabilitators and veterinarians face while trying to optimize the welfare of wild animals in need of care and rehabilitation. The process of rehabilitation is inherently stressful for wildlife. Maintaining an animal's welfare during the rehabilitation process-from initial contact and tria+ge to the animal's euthanasia, release, or captive placement-requires deliberate, timely and humane decision making. The welfare of wild animals can be improved by preventing human-related causes of admission, providing resources and support for wildlife rehabilitation (almost all rehabilitation in the United States is privately funded and access to veterinary care is often limited); further developing evidence-based wildlife rehabilitation methods and welfare measures, attracting more veterinary professionals to the field, harmonizing regulatory oversight with standards of care, training, and accountability, and increasing public education.
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