is one of them. What makes the university's program stand out, is that it is the only facility that operates 24-hours per day, and it's the only place that will take in orphaned or abandoned animals.On average, WSU's Veterinary Teaching Hospital takes care of more than 200 wild mammals every year. The majority of them are orphaned or abandoned baby squirrels, raccoons and rabbits.
Dr. Marcie Logsdon, a wildlife veterinarian at WSU's College of Veterinary Medicine, says their facility needs the most help in providing care for these young orphaned and abandoned mammals. "If you have a raptor with a broken leg or a fox that’s been hit by a car, we are the place to bring it; we do exceptionally well at providing care and managing that," said Lgsdon. "We are not inherently better at raising a baby squirrel. We do it because somebody needs to, but a wildlife rehabilitator can do an excellent job of raising up a baby squirrel to release and those are the skills we hope to focus on.
Becoming a permitted wildlife rehabilitator in Washington state requires six months or 1,000 hours of experience. Logsdon hopes that offering volunteer and network opportunities to the community will get more people licensed, and ultimately end the shortage.
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