Online Class: Wildlife Rehabilitation for Beginners
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 | | | | | Course Cost: 6 Month Subscription Course (no Certificate) = $35.00 Course with CEU Certificate* = $60.00 | * Instantly download, print, and share your CEU Certificate at course completion (additional shipping/handling charges apply for hard copy delivery).
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 Course Description Would you like to learn how to protect, nurture and help wild animals and birds? This course explains and demonstrates how you can help without being a wildlife expert. Though the course focus is on what you can do in your own backyard, it also will provide information on pursuing a wildlife rehabilitation specialist career.  You'll learn how to tell if a wild animal really needs help, and what to do if help is needed and what not to do. The class covers transporting problems, health concerns, dealing with wild animals that become urban pests, the pet factor and so much more.
This course is for anyone who loves and cares about wildlife. It is devastating to attempt to help a wild animal or bird in distress only to discover you actually made matters worse. Don't make this mistake. Enroll and gain the correct wildlife rehab knowledge. Learning Outcomes By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Define what rehabilitation is and whether or not is is for you.
- Summarize how you can become a wildlife rehabilitator.
- Identify when and if to rescue.
- Describe helping animals with wildlife rehabilitation.
- Describe how to catch a wild animal for rehabilitation.
- Describe transporting wild animals to a wildlife rehabilitation center.
- Summarize human health concerns in wildlife rehabilitation.
- Summarize why wild animals can never be pets.
- Summarize how to safely and humanely deal with nuisance wildlife.
- Recognize sadness and grief and how to deal with those feelings, and
- Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
Course Lessons |  | Lesson 1: Introduction to Wildlife RehabilitationIntroduction to Wildlife Rehabilitation | Lesson 2: How You Can Become a Wildlife RehabilitatorHow You Can Become a Wildlife Rehabilitator | Lesson 3: When and If to RescueWhen and if to rescue a wild animal or bird. | Lesson 4: Helping Animals With Wildlife RehabilitationHelping Animals With Wildlife Rehabilitation | Lesson 5: How to Catch a Wild Animal for RehabilitationHow to Catch a Wild Animal for Rehabilitation | Lesson 6: Transporting Wild Animals to a Wildlife Rehabilitation CenterTransporting Wild Animals to a Wildlife Rehabilitation Center | Lesson 7: Human Health Concerns in Wildlife RehabilitationHuman Health Concerns in Wildlife Rehabilitation | Lesson 8: How Else Can You Help Wildlife?How Else Can You Help Wildlife? | Lesson 9: Wild Animals as Pets? NEVER!Wild Animals as Pets? NEVER! | Lesson 10: How to Safely and Humanely Deal with Nuisance WildlifeHow to Safely and Humanely Deal with Nuisance Wildlife | Lesson 11: Sadness and GriefLoss and moving on. | Lesson 12: Questions, Answers, Interesting InformationThis and that...facts and advice. |
Additional Information | Course Title | : | Wildlife Rehabilitation for Beginners | | CEU Value | : | | | Standard | : | Course Adheres to the ANSI/IACET 1-2007 Standard | | Accreditation | : | | | Languages | : | English - United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and other English speaking countries | | Course Number | : | 30365 | | Course Type | : | How To | | Course URL | : | | | Course Rating | : |  | | Instructor | : | | | Syllabus | : | | | Grading Policy | : | Earn a final grade of 70% or higher to receive a CEU Certificate documenting CEUs earned | | Assessment Method | : | Lesson assignments and review exams | | Course Review | : | | | Duration | : | Continuous: Enroll anytime! | | Requirements | : | View Technical Requirements | | Course Fee | : | Basic Course: $35.00 (no CEU Certificate) | | | | | NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT This is a non-credit course, and is provided for your personal enrichment.
This course is not intended to be a substitute for any state, government, licensing, certification or educational requirements.
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Student Testimonials - "It was pretty easy to navigate throughout the course." -- Rebekah C.
- "What was most helpful were the clear and concise directions on how to help an animal while injured or sick." -- Cortney S.
- "My Instructor is wonderful! She was extremely available throughout the course and super fast to respond to any questions and comments!" -- Stephanie P.
- "I enjoyed it very much. It was very helpful to me and added reinforcement to my volunteer service at our local Rehab Center. Thanks again." -- Judi R.
- "Nice job!" -- Julia T.
- "All of the information in this course was extremely helpful to me and will be for others....This course was full of amazing information and the instructor was very hands on. She always got my grade information on my assignments back to within 2 days of completion no matter how busy she was." -- Kelly A.
- "It was a good overall course." -- Jacqui E.
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