Do I need to do a vet course to become a wildlife rescuer?
My husband and I are Wildlife Rescuers and here’s all the info: 1. Wildlife Rescue work is UNPAID and VOLUNTARY in other words its not a career, we both work full time jobs and do wildlife rescuing and caring after work during the week and on weekends. 2. To become a wildlife rescuer in most organisations you need to be 18 or over and you do a 2-3 day course with your local wildlife group (for example the NATF, WIRES, WILDLIFE VICTORIA, etc) and then you obtain a licence which allows you to handle and care for native animals. 3. After you obtain your licence you will usually be given a mentor or someone to call to help you out with your first few rescues. 4. At NO POINT IN TIME EVER do you do operations or surgery, all injured wildlife is taken to the vet who either treats the animal or if it is something like medication they will give it to you to medicate the animal with. 5. I have done a Vet Nursing course and the info they teach you on native animals is very very basic. The only wa
