Editors:
Debra C Bourne (WIN), Becki Lawson (WIN) and
Suzanne I Boardman (WIN)
This "UK Wildlife: First
Aid and Care" Wildpro volume is designed to provide
guidance on the first aid and care likely to be needed by any native wild animal (mammal,
bird, reptile or amphibian) in the UK, with particular reference to the London region. It
is culmination of the second part of a grant from the Bridge House Estates Trust
Fund, the first being the "Waterfowl: Health and Management" Wildpro
volume.
We are particularly grateful
for the hundreds of photographs provided for illustration of species, diseases and
techniques; together with the numerous invaluable documents that have been made available
to us in the electronic library. We would like to thank the Bat Conservation Trust, Colin
Fountain, Richard Griffiths, Ray Hutchins, Mike Jordan, Paul Kennedy, Pauline Kidner,
Vanessa Latford, Becki Lawson, Kaye Locke, Colin Seddon, David Tolliday, Jason Venus and
Ian Walker for photographs and images.
This UK Wildlife
volume is far
larger and more comprehensive than we first envisaged and has become a huge information
resource. It concentrates mainly on the techniques and assessments needed for the
immediate, short and medium-term care, together with release, of individual animals; it
provides natural history information on all UK species of mammals, birds, reptiles and
amphibia. Some specialised veterinary information such as haematological and biochemistry
parameters (together with detailed information on the drugs or infectious agents mentioned
in the volume) will be addressed in later expanded Wildpro
volumes. These are planned to be developed for specific species groups.
The Directory of Organisations
& Websites is a new section within Wildpro and we are
particularly pleased to be able to include details of the organisations who have given us
so much support over the year. We thank all these organisations and give special mention
to the Bridge House Estates Trust Fund of the Corporation of London, British Divers Marine
Life Rescue, British Wildlife Rehabilitation Council, British Trust For Ornithology, The
Deer Initiative, Federation of Zoological Gardens of Great Britain and Ireland, Great
North Eastern Railway, Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust, Humane Society of the United
States, National Wildlife Health Center (USGS), The Mammal Society, Marsh Christian Trust,
The Royal Parks Agency, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, The Royal
Veterinary College, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, and Universities Federation for Animal
Welfare.
The UK Wildlife
volume is a
collation of the work of hundreds of wildlife professionals. We wish to express our thanks
and respect to all of those who have worked selflessly and tirelessly for wildlife and
then made their work available for others to learn from their experiences. We wish to make
particular mention of the help and support we have received from James Barnett, Peter
Dickinson, Mike Jordan, Paul Kennedy, Pauline Kidner, James Kirkwood, Pat Klein, Terry
Marsh, Dave Risley, Penny Rudd, Steve Powell, Tim Thomas, Andrew Wakeham-Dawson, Bob
Wingate and Paul Yoxon.
Most of all, thanks are due to
those most tolerant and encouraging individuals who provide us with both technical and
moral support, in equal quantities: we particularly wish to thank Iain Boardman, Josh
Dein, Aidan Dixon, Richenda Haizelden, Jon Hanreck, Alex Hunte, Gordon McLeod, Alastair
Smyth and Bob Sowton. |
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