Table of Contents:
  • Wildlife casualties and the veterinary surgeon
  • Basic principles of treating wildlife casualties
  • Rehabilitation and release
  • Principles of clinical pathology and post-mortem examinations
  • The law affecting British wildlife casualties
  • Hedgehogs
  • Squirrels
  • Other insectivores and rodents
  • Bats
  • Rabbits and hares
  • Badgers
  • Otters
  • Other mustelids
  • Wildcats
  • Foxes
  • Deer
  • Marine mammals
  • Seabirds : gulls, auks, gannets, petrels
  • Wading birds, including herons
  • Waterfowl : swans, geese, ducks, grebes and divers
  • Crakes and rails - coot and moorhen
  • Birds of prey
  • Gamebirds
  • Pigeons and doves
  • Small birds
  • Reptiles, amphibians and fish