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    Animal Hospital: Rescuing Urban Wildlife
    Animal Hospital: Rescuing Urban Wildlife
    Animal Hospital: Rescuing Urban Wildlife
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    Animal Hospital: Rescuing Urban Wildlife

    By Julia Coey

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    Our cities are already filled with a huge variety of wildlife. As urban areas expand, they impinge on the natural habitats of animals that would not otherwise find themselves in an urban setting, including birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians, as well as rare, threatened and even endangered wildlife.

    Animal Hospital describes how injured and orphaned wild animals are rehabilitated and cared for after being rescued from perilous situations. It follows the activities of an urban animal rescue facility and the efforts of the trained professionals that rescue, treat, rehabilitate and release the animals.

    Kids will learn about the amazing wild animals that they may encounter in their neighborhoods, even the most recognizable have fascinating traits. They will get tips on how to protect and support urban wildlife, and learn what to do if they encounter an animal that needs help.

    There are exciting real-life stories about rescued animals with photographs that give readers an up-close look. While including animals in North America, Animal Hospital also describes international efforts that encourage conservation and awareness.

    This is a valuable title in the classroom and an exciting and inspiring choice for any youngster.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFirefly Books
    Release dateSep 2, 2015
    ISBN9781770857223
    Animal Hospital: Rescuing Urban Wildlife

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      This book takes readers behind the scenes, rehabilitating wild animals. With plenty of pictures and case studies with a variety of animals, this book does a wonderful job of showing all of the hard work that goes into saving injured wildlife. It also provides a lot of food for thought about how we humans have creative a hazardous environment for the other animals around us. And, of course, it also provides tips on how you can help -- whether it's planting wildflowers or recognizing if a bird needs help or perhaps is just a fledgling. Wonderful for anyone who loves animals and/or is interested in veterinary sciences.

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    Animal Hospital - Julia Coey

    Animal Hospital

    Rescuing Urban Wildlife

    Julia Coey

    logo_ebook

    Published by Firefly Books Ltd. 2016

    Copyright © 2015 Firefly Books Ltd.

    Text copyright © 2015 Toronto Wildlife Centre

    All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Publisher or a license from The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). For an Access Copyright license, visit www.accesscopyright.ca or call toll free to 1-800-893-5777.

    Publisher Cataloging-in-Publication Data (U.S.)

    Coey, Julia, 1977- .

    Animal hospital : rescuing urban wildlife / Julia Coey.

    [64] pages : color photographs ;  cm.

    Includes index.

    Summary: Animal Hospital follows the activities of an urban animal rescue facility and the efforts of the trained professionals that rescue, treat, rehabilitate and hopefully release the animals.  The book explains medical triage and provides instructions on first aid steps and how to contact wildlife experts for people who discover injured animals. -- Publisher.

    ISBN 13: 978-1-77085-572-4

    ISBN-13: 978-1-77085-571-7  (pbk.)

    1. Veterinary hospitals – Juvenile literature.  I. Title.

    636.0832  dc23    SF604.55C649  2015

    Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

    Coey, Julia, 1977-, author

     Animal hospital : rescuing urban wildlife / Julia Coey.

    Includes index.

    ISBN 978-1-77085-572-4 (bound).--

    ISBN 978-1-77085-571-7 (pbk.)

    1. Wildlife rehabilitation--Juvenile literature.  2. Wildlife rescue--Juvenile literature.  3. Toronto Wildlife Centre--Juvenile 

    literature.  4. Toronto Wildlife Centre.  I. Title.

    SF996.45.C64 2015        j639.9’6         C2015-902974-0

    Published in the United States by

    Firefly Books (U.S.) Inc.

    P.O. Box 1338, Ellicott Station

    Buffalo, New York  14205

    Published in Canada by

    Firefly Books Ltd.

    50 Staples Avenue, Unit 1

    Richmond Hill, Ontario  L4B 0A7

    The publisher gratefully acknowledges the financial support for our publishing program by the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund as administered by the Department of Canadian Heritage.

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    Introduction

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    n 1992, wildlife biologist Nathalie Karvonen was working at a humane society in Toronto when she noticed a pressing need for wildlife rehabilitation services. Not only were there few options for sick, injured and orphaned wildlife, there was a lack of information and support for the people who wanted to help. In response, she founded the non-profit organization Toronto Wildlife Centre in 1992 with a handful of dedicated volunteers. What started as a basic wildlife information hotline run from a single phone is now a full service wildlife hospital and rehabilitation center with a dedicated rescue team.

    Today, Toronto Wildlife Centre’s hotline is run by a team of staff and volunteers who handle tens of thousands of calls each year. Over 80,000 sick, injured and orphaned wild animals representing more than 270 different species have been helped — approximately 5,000 animals a year. This is only the tip of the iceberg. All around the world, hundreds of thousands of wild animals are hurt by direct and indirect contact with humans. But wildlife rehabilitators are changing these odds.

    This book tells the story of

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