What else does a wildlife rehabber do besides caring for wildlife?
Another important part of being a wildlife rehabilitator is dealing with the public. Once spring starts and the first animals of the season, usually squirrels, are being born, the calls are coming in about pink hairless babies found on the ground. There are a lot of caring folks out there that go the extra mile to help out that infant and take it to a licensed wildlife rehabilitator or wildlife facility. A lot of people attempt to care for these animals on their own and only call us when they see that their approach didn’t work. Sadly, at that point it is often too late for us to help. Many folks proudly explain all the things they have done wrong, believing they did everything right, which doesn’t make it necessarily easy to educate them without coming across as criticizing. Busting old wife’s tales takes a lot of our time, that is why I am here now.
