The Wildlife Rehabilitation Podcast: Recent Episodes
Ame Vanorio
Our podcast provides information for wildlife rehabilitators, conservationists, environmental educators, and everyone who loves wildlife. Whether you are working in the field or learning how to help and rescue wildlife, we provide the ins and outs of the topics you need to know. My name is Ame Vanorio. I have been a licensed wildlife rehabilitator for ten years and am the director of Fox Run Environmental Education Center. I am an environmental educator and before that, I was a certified science teacher.
Fawns are a very common animal that enters wildlife rehabilitation. They are highly urbanized, comfortable living in proximity to humans, and are unfortunately often victims of wildlife/human conflicts.
This podcast talks about some of the specific challenges of the rehabilitation of white-tailed deer.
If you want to learn more about deer as a species and lots of cool facts, check out my article Everything You Wanted To Know About White-Tailed Deer.
For more information about caring for Fawns in rehab read Deer in Wildlife Rehabilitation
A good text resource is Wild Mammal Babies
A few years ago one of my interns created a great video on What Should You Do if You find a Fawn. Please excuse my farm mess, I could never rehab and clean at the same time.
Join me on our new Patreon page. You will be supporting wildlife rehabilitation and environmental education. You will also receive perks depending on what tier you join. I have several education programs planned. https://www.patreon.com/foxruneec
The vaccination of wildlife in rehabilitation centers and their natural habitat is a very controversial topic.
In this episode, we will explore why wildlife may benefit from vaccination and why government agencies often choose to vaccinate wild populations.
You can read the blog for more information and additional resources https://www.kywra.org/blog/2021/4/20/vaccinating-wildlife-in-rehabilitation
check out the International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council for more information on vaccines https://theiwrc.org/
Another good resource is the book Wild Mammal Babies: The First 48 Hours, which is sold by Chris’s Squirrels and More for $60.00.
Join me on our new Patreon page. You will be supporting wildlife rehabilitation and environmental education. You will also receive perks depending on what tier you join. I have several education programs planned. https://www.patreon.com/foxruneec
Welcome back to Season 2.
We are back from a longer than anticipated break.
I moved to Wisconsin this summer where I continue to volunteer in wildlife rehabilitation and teach environmental science.
Give a listen to hear what's coming up for us.
Animals have places to go to! Wildlife crossings and corridors help them get where they need to go. This episode gives you the low down and some ways you can advocate for wildlife crossings.
This is the letter I wrote to Secretary Buttigieg and contains contact information. Wildlife Crossings: Letter to Secretary Pete Buttigieg http://www.foxrunenvironmentaleducationcenter.org/new-blog/2021/1/22/wildlife-crossings-letter-to-secretary-pete-buttigieg
Some Live Webcams
http://www.trapperspoint.com/
Join me on our new Patreon page. You will be supporting wildlife rehabilitation and environmental education. You will also receive perks depending on what tier you join. I have several education programs planned. https://www.patreon.com/foxruneec
This episode talks about wildlife kidnapping - when people take baby animals from their natural habitat. Sometimes they think they are rescuing them but other times it is with intent to have an exotic pet.
You can read more on our blog Kidnapping and Reuniting of Kentucky Wildlife
Join me on our new Patreon page. You will be supporting wildlife rehabilitation and environmental education. You will also receive perks depending on what tier you join. I have several education and just fun! programs planned. https://www.patreon.com/foxruneec
In this episode, we look at how to become a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, what are the needed job skills, what the job is like, is this a volunteer position or a career?
You can read our blog post on this topic to learn more.
Join me on our new Patreon page. You will be supporting wildlife rehabilitation and environmental education. You will also receive perks depending on what tier you join. I have several education programs planned. https://www.patreon.com/foxruneec
The Wildlife Rehabilitators Podcast is for everyone who is or wants to be a wildlife rehabilitator or conservationist. We discuss the ins and outs of wildlife rehabilitation and why conservation of wildlife and their habitats is so important.
Join me on our new Patreon page. You will be supporting wildlife rehabilitation and environmental education. You will also receive perks depending on what tier you join. I have several education (and fun) things planned. https://www.patreon.com/foxruneec