BIOL 3670 Midterm questions with
correct answers
What are the goals of wildlife rehabilitation? - correct answer ✔✔ To release the animal back
into their natural environment where they can forage, reproduce and behave like a normal wild
animal of that species.
By definition: the goal is to return healthy animals to their appropiate habitat on the wild
What is the definition of Wildlife Rehabilitation? - correct answer ✔✔ - is the treatment and
temporary care of injured, diseased, and displace indigenous animals, and the subsequent
release of healthy animals into apporpriate habitats in the wild
WHat are the benefits of wildlife rehabilitation for individuals, population, and ecosystem? -
correct answer ✔✔ Provides valuable information to help restore health of individual animals,
which in turns helps populations of animals and overall contributes to ecosystem health
Common reasons wildlife are presented to rehabilitation centres? - correct answer ✔✔ - sick
- injuried
- orphaned
- kidnapped
What are the regulations and permits required to rehabilitate Animals? - correct answer ✔✔ -
both federal and provincial permits may be required to rehabilitate wildlife in Canada
- in canada you must apply for a federal permit from Canada Wildlife Services (CWS) to
rehabilitate birds.
,_____________ is a critical component of wildlife rahabilitation. - correct answer ✔✔ - record
keeping
Data collected will help
1. Identify where the animal was found
2. tracking the animals health statsu
What species are at risk? And what Acts protect them? - correct answer ✔✔ - many provinces
have their own Acts to protect species from becoming extinct
- in some proviences, a wildlife rehabilitator is required to notify the permitting agency if they
recieve a species at risk
Eamples: Trumpeter Swam
MNRF in Ontario lists four categories of species at risk: - correct answer ✔✔ 1) Species of
special concern: the animal lives in the wild in Ontario, is not endangered or threatened, but
may become threatened or endangered due to a combination of biological characteristics and
identified threats
2) Threatened: the animal lives in the wild in Ontario and it is not endangered, but it is likely to
become endangered if steps are not taken to address factors threatening it
3) Endangered: the animal lives in the wild in Ontario, but is facing imminent extinction or
extirpation
4) Extirpated: the animal lives somewhere in the world, and lived in Ontario in the wild at some
point, but is no longer found in Ontario1.
Species at Risk Act (SARA) - correct answer ✔✔ Canada's Strategy to try and avoid wild animals
and plants form becoming extinct
What are ethical, animal welfare and economic influences?? - correct answer ✔✔ Ethical
, - not everyone assigns intrinsic value to wild animals, some may say only rehabiliate at risk
species and others may say any animal should be helped (no right anwser)
A Wildlife Rehabilitators code of ethics - correct answer ✔✔ 1. strive to achieve hive standards
of animal care through knowledge of the feild. COntinuing efforts to keep informed current info,
methods, and regulations
2. should be responsible, conscientious, and dedicated. contiously work towards improving the
quality of care given to wild animals
3. must abide by wildlife laws.
4. establish safe work habits and condtions, abiding by current health and safety practices at all
times
5. acknowledge limitations and enlist the assistance of a vet or trained professsional
6. respect others in the feild and cooperate with them
7. place animal care above personal gain
9. encourage community support and publice education
10. wokr on basis of sound ecological principles, and promote ethics
11. should conduct all business and activities in a professional manner with honesty, integrit,
compassion, and commitment, and an individuals conduct reflects on the entire field of wildlife
rehabilitation.
What information should be collected on an animal> - correct answer ✔✔ - species
- date admitted
- when and where found
name/address/phone number of finder
- presenting injury/ problem
- Initial weight
- case number
- final disposition ( released, transferred, died, euthanized) including the date and location of
release (if applicable)
correct answers
What are the goals of wildlife rehabilitation? - correct answer ✔✔ To release the animal back
into their natural environment where they can forage, reproduce and behave like a normal wild
animal of that species.
By definition: the goal is to return healthy animals to their appropiate habitat on the wild
What is the definition of Wildlife Rehabilitation? - correct answer ✔✔ - is the treatment and
temporary care of injured, diseased, and displace indigenous animals, and the subsequent
release of healthy animals into apporpriate habitats in the wild
WHat are the benefits of wildlife rehabilitation for individuals, population, and ecosystem? -
correct answer ✔✔ Provides valuable information to help restore health of individual animals,
which in turns helps populations of animals and overall contributes to ecosystem health
Common reasons wildlife are presented to rehabilitation centres? - correct answer ✔✔ - sick
- injuried
- orphaned
- kidnapped
What are the regulations and permits required to rehabilitate Animals? - correct answer ✔✔ -
both federal and provincial permits may be required to rehabilitate wildlife in Canada
- in canada you must apply for a federal permit from Canada Wildlife Services (CWS) to
rehabilitate birds.
,_____________ is a critical component of wildlife rahabilitation. - correct answer ✔✔ - record
keeping
Data collected will help
1. Identify where the animal was found
2. tracking the animals health statsu
What species are at risk? And what Acts protect them? - correct answer ✔✔ - many provinces
have their own Acts to protect species from becoming extinct
- in some proviences, a wildlife rehabilitator is required to notify the permitting agency if they
recieve a species at risk
Eamples: Trumpeter Swam
MNRF in Ontario lists four categories of species at risk: - correct answer ✔✔ 1) Species of
special concern: the animal lives in the wild in Ontario, is not endangered or threatened, but
may become threatened or endangered due to a combination of biological characteristics and
identified threats
2) Threatened: the animal lives in the wild in Ontario and it is not endangered, but it is likely to
become endangered if steps are not taken to address factors threatening it
3) Endangered: the animal lives in the wild in Ontario, but is facing imminent extinction or
extirpation
4) Extirpated: the animal lives somewhere in the world, and lived in Ontario in the wild at some
point, but is no longer found in Ontario1.
Species at Risk Act (SARA) - correct answer ✔✔ Canada's Strategy to try and avoid wild animals
and plants form becoming extinct
What are ethical, animal welfare and economic influences?? - correct answer ✔✔ Ethical
, - not everyone assigns intrinsic value to wild animals, some may say only rehabiliate at risk
species and others may say any animal should be helped (no right anwser)
A Wildlife Rehabilitators code of ethics - correct answer ✔✔ 1. strive to achieve hive standards
of animal care through knowledge of the feild. COntinuing efforts to keep informed current info,
methods, and regulations
2. should be responsible, conscientious, and dedicated. contiously work towards improving the
quality of care given to wild animals
3. must abide by wildlife laws.
4. establish safe work habits and condtions, abiding by current health and safety practices at all
times
5. acknowledge limitations and enlist the assistance of a vet or trained professsional
6. respect others in the feild and cooperate with them
7. place animal care above personal gain
9. encourage community support and publice education
10. wokr on basis of sound ecological principles, and promote ethics
11. should conduct all business and activities in a professional manner with honesty, integrit,
compassion, and commitment, and an individuals conduct reflects on the entire field of wildlife
rehabilitation.
What information should be collected on an animal> - correct answer ✔✔ - species
- date admitted
- when and where found
name/address/phone number of finder
- presenting injury/ problem
- Initial weight
- case number
- final disposition ( released, transferred, died, euthanized) including the date and location of
release (if applicable)
