Wildlife Rehabilitation in Developing Countries

Wildlife rehabilitation in developing countries comes with an array of issues that make the endeavor significantly different from the programs commonly operated in wealthier countries of the world such as in North America and Europe. On this site is the text from a peer-reviewed published paper reviewing the subject, as well as links to other web pages on our site and other sites which provide information that may be useful for you or your co-workers. Regardless of anyone’s personal opinion of the value of wildlife rehabilitation or release, most wildlife authorities in developing countries are often dealing with this problem and if they begin to improve law enforcement activities, they will certainly be dealing with these issues.

Review of Wildlife Rehabilitation Issues in Developing Countries

English: Rehabilitation paper.doc
Spanish: Rehabilitation paper (Spanish).doc
IUCN reintroduction guidelines – provide some of the basic, non-health related, guidelines for reintroduction programs. http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/pubs/policy/reinte.htm
IUCN's Non-Human Primate reintroduction guidelines: http://iucn.org/themes/ssc/sgs/rsg/RSG PRIMATE REINTRO GUIDELINES-Final.pdf 

Infectious disease tests that should be considered prior to releasing animals back into the wild. These are fairly exhaustive lists of diseases and all of the infectious disease may not be necessary for every situation. Knowledge of the diseases already present in the potential release areas should be gathered before other animals are introduced. This will minimize both the potential for introducing new diseases to a naïve and susceptible population and the introduction of animals with no immunity to diseases present in the release area: FVP technical web page - test panels.doc