print email comment close The Role of the Wildlife Rehabilitator in Disaster Preparedness and Response URL: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/managers/iwrcpap.shtm Description: This paper explores how government and private agencies help animals after a disaster, the problems wildlife can pose for disaster and relief workers, how disasters affect wild animals and what behavior can result, how wildlife rehabilitators fit "into the capture, medical care and temporary sheltering of wildlife," and how to help the public avoid injury from and provide assistance to wild animals. From the disaster manager for the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Publisher: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Library of Congress Subject Headings: Disasters LII classic content Wildlife rehabilitators Wildlife rescue LII Database Information: Record 9828 created by Wendy Hyman on 09/23/2003 Last modification on 04/20/2006 Published: 09/23/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/9828