Wildlife Rehab

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Wildlife Rehab Education
Care for injured and orphaned wildlife through
rehabilitation and public education from the
woodlands to the wetlands.

• Wildlife Rehabilitation
• Emergency Wildlife Response/Oiled Wildlife
  Response
• Environmental Education

Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Wildlife Rehabilitation

• The WRE Wildlife Center receives over 7000 wild
  animals every year including more than 250
  different species.

The Center is Houstons first wildlife trauma
hospital that accepts all injured, ill and
orphaned native wild animals.
Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Wildlife Rehabilitation

• Almost all wildlife is protected by state and
  federal laws. WRE Center maintains all necessary
  permits to care for injured and orphaned wildlife.

Wildlife rehabilitation is the care of injured
and orphaned wild animals with the specific goal
of returning them to their native habitat with an
optimal chance of survival.
Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Wildlife Rehabilitation

• By caring for individual animals, information is
  gathered that is relevant to entire species
  including threatened and endangered species.

Wildlife rehabilitation involves emergency care,
long-term rehabilitation, conditioning for
release, and ultimately release back into the
wild.
Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Wildlife Rehabilitation

• The WRE Wildlife Center has triage and surgery
  areas and utilizes several veterinarians many of
  which volunteer their time and expertise.

The Center receives wildlife from local
veterinarians, the Houston Zoo, local nature
centers, animal control facilities, the public,
etc.
Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Oiled Wildlife Response

• The WRE Oiled Wildlife Response Program provides
• Federally permitted wildlife rehabilitators with
  over 20 years experience that can care for all
  species of birds and mammals including endangered
  species
• Managers to handle a major oiled wildlife
  response with a teamwork approach to include
  state and federal officials, regulatory agencies,
  local wildlife rehabilitators and volunteers

Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Oiled Wildlife Response

• The WRE Oiled Wildlife Response Program also
  provides
• Personnel to train volunteers to work in a safe
  manner
• 24-hour a day responders
• Preparation of daily reports for federal and
  state agencies and the responsible party
• Personnel to set up on on-site wildlife
  rehabilitation facility with the option of using
  the WRE Wildlife Center in Houston, TX

Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Oiled Wildlife Response
WRE Oiled Wildlife Response Personnel have
Incident Command System (ICS) training and
40-hour or 24-hour HAZWOPER safety training.

Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Emergency Wildlife ResponseHurricane Ike
Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Emergency Wildlife ResponseHurricane Ike
Hurricane Ike arrived in the early morning of
Saturday Sept. 13, 2008 and by Saturday noon a
line of concerned citizens were outside the
Houston SPCA Admissions holding boxes.
Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Emergency Wildlife ResponseHurricane Ike
The arrival of Hurricane Ike left the Wildlife
Center without power. Fortunately, as an
affiliate of the Houston SPCA, WRE was able to
move incubators next door to the HSPCA to begin
the 2 to 3 month process of caring for 1500
squirrels.
Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Emergency Wildlife ResponseHurricane Ike
In the first 3 weeks after Hurricane Ike the
Wildlife Center received over 1200 baby
squirrels. Volunteer veterinarians and HSPCA
veterinarians assisted with triage and helped
with injuries.
Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Emergency Wildlife ResponseHurricane Ike
Over 200 volunteers were utilized to care for the
over 1500 squirrels and the over 200 other wild
animals. Eventually several hundred squirrels
were transferred to other rehabilitators in other
cities.
Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Emergency Wildlife ResponseHurricane Ike
Girl scout troops volunteered to cut blankets
and build rice socks to provide additional warmth.
Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Emergency Wildlife ResponseHurricane Ike
And the feeding began
Hurricane Ike The WRE Wildlife Center received
over 200 other wild animals.
Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Emergency Wildlife ResponseHurricane Ike
Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Emergency Wildlife ResponseHurricane Ike
The WRE Wildlife Center received over 200 other
injured or displaced wild animals.

• Turtles
• Hawks
• Oiled Pelicans
• Owls
• Oiled Osprey
• Hummingbirds
• Nighthawks
• Doves
• Herons Egrets
• Swamp Rabbits
• Songbirds

Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Oiled Wildlife ResponseHurricane Ike

Oiled Osprey found after Hurricane Ike
Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Oiled Wildlife ResponseHurricane Ike

Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Oiled Wildlife ResponseHurricane Ike

Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Oiled Wildlife ResponseHurricane Ike

Several endangered brown pelicans were delivered
to the Wildlife Center from Galveston.
Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Oiled Wildlife ResponseHurricane Ike

Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Oiled Wildlife ResponseHurricane Ike

• Brown Pelicans were released in Seabrook, TX.

Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Environmental Education

The WRE Wildlife Center educated over 10,000
adults and children in 2008.
Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Environmental Education

The Wildlife Center hosts scout groups, Audubon
societies, senior groups, etc. for educational
programs.
Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Environmental Education
Educational Peaceful Coexistence House in
Wildlife Center Lobby

Educating the public daily
Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453
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Wildlife Rehab Education Center
A Place to Grow A Place to Heal A Place to be
Wild

Wildlife Rehab Education Center
www.WRandE.org 713-861-9453