National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association
Improving wildlife care through professional education
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Publications
NWRA develops and publishes books, as well as the peer-reviewed journal Wildlife Rehabilitation Bulletin, for the benefit of its members and for the wildlife rehabilitation community as a whole. NWRA’s authors and contributors are experts in their fields, sharing their knowledge to improve wildlife care and support rehabilitators in their work. In addition to NWRA-produced publications, we offer a wide variety of publications for rehabilitators and wildlife professionals, including books by other publishers.
NWRA Annual Symposia
In keeping with the mission of educating and networking, NWRA produces an annual symposium widely recognized as the largest and most highly attended conference of its
type, dedicated solely to furthering training for those who work with wildlife. This event hosts four full days with four concurrent sessions. Each year, 80 to 90 experienced and knowledgeable speakers share skills on every aspect of wildlife care, facilities management, educational programming, medical protocols, natural history, species housing, nutritional requirements, caging innovations, and multiple other topics. Up to 16 limited-enrollment hands-on workshops and wet labs are offered each year. These labs facilitate special skills learning in an environment that fosters individual participation and assistance for optimum absorption and retention of techniques. Moderated panel and roundtable discussions provide a friendly and open arena to encourage
interchange of questions, ideas, and techniques among participants with varied experience and training levels. Full one-day targeted training seminars, such as Introduction to Wildlife Rehabilitation, Basic Rehabilitation Education Workshop, or Oiled Wildlife
Treatment and Care Protocols are available the day before each NWRA symposium.
Wildlife Medicine Program
A groundbreaking course began in 1999, and unlike anything currently available, this training introduces veterinary students to wildlife medicine before encountering wild animals in practice. The program has expanded to offer courses for veterinary students, veterinarians, and veterinary technicians. All content in the program is peer-reviewed and RACE-approved.
Membership
Membership is a community of support that encircles the people and animals under care in wildlife rehabilitation. This support is crucial to keep the community healthy enough to serve wildlife across the globe.
Member benefits include training, course and publication discounts, access to the newest Standards For Wildlife Rehabilitation, access to all current and past articles published in the Wildlife Rehabilitation Bulletin, and much more.
Leadership Program
The NWRA Leadership Program began in December of 2021. This program was developed to facilitate leadership training for animal professionals from all types of backgrounds. The goal is to support leadership development as individuals progress in their animal welfare careers, creating leaders who can care for themselves and others as they work to conserve the environment and support wildlife.
Where we work
External reviews
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
The number of wildlife professionals served by NWRA programs in a year.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
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Membership
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
These are values for the number of individual members across all membership types in the year notes.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
To support the profession of wildlife rehabilitation through education and advocacy.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We continue to evaluate our program offerings to ensure we are supporting the needs of wildlife rehabilitation professionals.
In 2021 NWRA began the Leadership Development Program for animal welfare professionals. This program was developed to facilitate leadership training for animal professionals from all types of backgrounds. The goal is to support leadership development as individuals progress in their animal welfare careers, creating leaders who can care for themselves and others as they work to conserve the environment and support wildlife.
Spring of 2022 we will being to offer our revitalized program content for the NWRA Wildlife Medicine Course (WMC).
-The initial purpose of the NWRA Wildlife Medicine Course is to provide an opportunity for professional students in accredited veterinary schools to gain formal training in medicine, surgery, and captive management of native wildlife species. Historically, this course's curriculum consisted of a two–day seminar with both didactic and hands-on training via wet labs. Since the first course in 2000, 21 instructors have taught over 1400 students at 17 different schools. Fall of 2022 will begin the transitioning this course to an online hybrid model which will support in-person classes with the revitalized curriculum.
-The new NWRA Wildlife Medicine for the Private Practitioner will begin Spring of 2022. This course is intended to provide veterinary practitioners with an introduction on how to approach wildlife medicine cases for the purpose of stabilizing the animal and subsequent transfer to an authorized wildlife rehabilitator. Further, veterinarians will learn about various wildlife rehabilitation considerations that are important to restore health and welfare of the wild patient. This course is RACE-approved for 10 hours of continuing education for licensed veterinary professionals.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association
Board of directorsas of 01/19/2024
Mrs. Jennifer Convy
PAWS Wildlife Center
Term: 2023 - 2025
Leslie Lattimore
Wings of Hope Wildlife Sanctuary Affiliation
Jennifer Convy
PAWS
Elaine Thrune
No Affiliation
Lisa Smith
Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research
Rebecca Duerr, DVM, PhD
International Bird Rescue
Sherri Cox, DVM
National Wildlife Centre Canada
Bettina Bowers
Lacy Kegley
North Carolina Wildlife Federation
Karra Pierce, DVM
Wildlife Center of Virginia
Sally Compton
Think Wild
Hannah McDougall
Pelican Harbor
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