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JOURNA L OF ILDLIFE INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE W REHABILITATION COUNCIL Volume 39, Number 1, 2019 REHABILITATION IN THIS ISSUE: Successfully rehabilitating a red-tailed hawk with a severe neurological disorder A study of cattle-related traumatic injuries in koalas Rehabilitation of greater one-horned rhinoceros in India’s Manas National Park ABOUT THE JOURNAL THE Journal of Wildlife Rehabilitation is designed to provide use- ful information to wildlife rehabilitators and others involved in the care and treatment of native wild species with the ultimate purpose of returning them to the wild. The Journal is published by the International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council (IWRC), which invites your comments on this issue. Through this publication, rehabilitation courses offered online and on-site in numerous locations, and its outreach to those in the profession, the IWRC works to disseminate information and improve the quality of the care provided to wildlife. On the cover: Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). PHOTO © CLOUDTAIL THE SNOW LEOPARD. CC-BY-2.0 LICENSE. Left: American bison (Bison bison) on a ridge in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, part of their historic range. PHOTO © A.DOMBROWSKI, FLICKR.COM. CC-BY-2.0 LICENSE. JOURNA L OF WILDLIFE REHABILITATION Providing science-based education Volume 39(1) and resources on wildlife rehabilitation to promote wildlife conservation CONTENTS and welfare worldwide. Editor PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS Kieran J. Lindsey, PhD Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability 7 Virginia Tech University JWR Editorial Office: St. Louis, Missouri, USA Case study: Rehabilitation of a red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Art Director with a severe neurological disorder Nancy Hawekotte Nefris Xel Herrera-Cuamatzin, Álvaro Oidor-Méndez, and Andrés Estay-Stange Cumulus Creative JWR Art Offices:maha, O Nebraska, USA 11 Case study: Cattle-associated traumatic injuries in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus), 2010–2016 Andrew G. Hill, Susannah Keogh, and Bethany Anderson 17 Rehabilitation of greater one-horned rhinoceros calves in Manas National Park, a World Heritage Site in India Rathin Barman, Bhaskar Choudhury, NVK Ashraf, and V Menon DEPARTMENTS Editorial 4 In the News 5 Column: Partners for Wildlife Initiative 27 Selected Abstracts 28 Tail Ends 34 Submission Guidelines 35 The Journal of Wildlife Rehabilitation is published by the International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council (IWRC), PO Box 3197, Eugene, OR 97403 USA. ©2019 (ISSN: 2166-9198). All rights reserved. 275 w/col (1/3p) IWRC EDITORIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS Sharing the Wealth for Wildlife President Adam Grogan RSPCA hen Kai Williams asked me rehabilitators may not be trained in the Horsham, West Sussex, UK to write a guest editorial sciences and may be wary of involvement Vice President for the Journal of Wildlife in these types of studies, there are many Mandy Kamps WRehabilitation, I was initially struggling, graduate students out there who may be State of Wisconsin Wausau, Wisconsin, USA but my uncertainty was short-lived. For looking for interesting projects, and who Secretary those of you who may not have met me would willingly accept an opportunity to Kristen Heitman, CWR at an IWRC conference, Effects of Oil on work with our community. Providence Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife conference, or elsewhere, I have We, as rehabilitators, have much to Westfield, Indiana, USA worked for the Royal Society for the Pre- offer when it comes to understanding Treasurer vention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) wild animals and the factors that affect Dani Nicholson in the UK for over 18 years, the first 15 them, such as disease, climate change, Willow Tree Wildlife as the wildlife rehabilitation coordinator, interactions with humans, and others. Cayucos, California, USA and the past three years as head of the Rehabilitators often have an empathy Lloyd Brown, CWR wildlife department, part of the Science with their animals that shows far more Wildlife Rescue of Dade County and Policy team. Prior to working at the understanding than many scientists pro- Miami, Florida, USA RSPCA, I worked at a Wildlife Con- vide. I cite reintroductions as one example: Brooke Durham servation Research Unit (WildCRU) in some reintroduction programs use reha- Rep4Wildlife San Diego, California, USA Oxford, UK, for a variety of research bilitation methods, if not rehabilitators projects on mammals, including ways themselves, to rear the animals they wish Deborah Galle Cornell University Veterinary Specialists of reducing roadkill in otters and bovine to release. Greenwich, Connecticut, USA TB in badgers, and the impact of the Of course, all these research results Bonnie Gulas-Wroblowski American mink on a native UK rodent, are only as good as how we communicate Dove Key Ranch WL Rehabilitation Center the water vole. I have also served two terms them. We may learn something impor- Columbus, Texas, USA as a trustee of the Mammal Society of the tant—something important enough to Laurin Huse British Isles, an organization dedicated to change what we do with regards to that Cascades Raptor Center the study and conservation of mammals. species with that condition—but if we Eugene, Oregon, USA You may have detected a theme in all tell no one else, that knowledge will only Jayanthi Kallam this—science and research. That theme benefit our animals. If, however, we use Avian and Reptile Rehabilitation Centre Bangalore, India was one of the main reasons for my com- journals like the Journal of Wildlife Reha- ing to work for the RSPCA: to promote bilitation, we can inform others and they Patricia Latas, DVM Tucson, Arizona, USA research in the field of wildlife rehabilita- too can learn and change what they do. tion. It was a slow start, but between 2000 The result: the successful rehabilitation of Ashraf NVK Wildlife Trust of India and 2010, we undertook many research more animals. Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India programs on a variety of the species that As President of the IWRC, I want Suzanne Pugh we rehabilitate. Some of this work was the to continue to encourage research in 1 Vet Strategy–Canada subject of a review published in 2013. the rehabilitation community and the Kelowna, BC, Canada I believe that we as rehabilitators have publication of those research results in a responsibility to understand the effects the Journal of Wildlife Rehabilitation, so Kai Williams we have on the wild animals we treat and that other rehabilitators can learn from Executive Director whether our interventions have a positive what you have learnt, so more animals Julissa Favela effect. This requires research, even if it is can benefit. Programs and Membership Manager just doing the basics by banding birds to Laura Ratti —Adam Grogan, President Bookkeeper assess survival, or collaborating with uni- Katie McInnis versities in implementing well-designed Class Coordinator projects that investigate the survival or the 1Grogan A, Kelly A. A review of RSPCA effects of captivity on the species we have research into wildlife rehabilitation. Veteri- in our care. While I understand that many nary Record. 2013. doi:10.1136/vr.101139. 4 Journal of Wildlife Rehabilitation 275 w/col (1/3p) IN THE NEWS Historic Transnational Buffalo Summit DENVER, Colorado, USA (November 1, 2018)—The first Tribal Buffalo Conserva- tion Summit was held in November 2018, bringing together tribal leaders, tribal wildlife and cultural representatives, and conservation experts to share their man- agement strategies and discuss the impor- tant ecological, cultural, and economic benefits of bison restoration. In the last six years, tribes have led the way by bringing back hundreds of wild buffalo to western tribal lands in Montana, Wyoming, and other states, and celebrating the birth of dozens of calves. Conference participants include the World Wildlife Fund, Fort Belnap Tribes, National Wildlife Federation, Defenders of Wildlife, Fort Peck Tribes, and the InterTribal Buffalo Council (ITBC). The Subadult and adult common zebras (Equus quagga), Tanzania. latter is a collection of over 63 federally PHOTO © DANY STERNFELD. CC-BY-2.0 LICENSE. recognized tribes from 20 different states, whose mission is to restore buffalo to (TAWIRI) announced the reintroduc- these efforts.” Indian Country in order to preserve their tion of 24 zebras into Tanzania’s Kitulo Lead TANAPA veterinarian Dr. historical, cultural, traditional, and spiri- National Park in the Southern Highlands Emmanuel Macha explains, “Some people tual relationship for future generations. region in October as part of a bold effort were skeptical, but we achieved it. It is “To re-establish healthy buffalo popu- to re-wild this once pristine landscape. The great to see zebras once again enjoying lations on tribal lands is to re-establish release process was caught on video. this beautiful landscape. Perhaps we can hope for Indian people,” says Ervin Carl- Half a century ago, zebras were hunted re-introduce impala, waterbuck, or eland son, President of the InterTribal Buffalo to extinction or otherwise removed from next.” Council. “By returning the buffalo to tribal this region for state-run sheep ranching The release, which took place on Octo- lands, we will help heal the land, the ani- and dairy farming, which have since been ber 12th and 13th, is part of a long-term mal, and the spirit of the Indian people.” abandoned. The zebras—which include 16 effort by WCS to re-wild key habitats in A National Bison Day Celebration adult/subadult females, six adult/subadult the Southern Highlands. WCS has already on November 3rd at the Rocky Moun- males, and two juvenile males—were planted some 4 million indigenous trees tain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge translocated from Mikumi National Park, so far to restore woodlands and corridors showcased speeches by tribal leaders and some 700 kilometers (434 miles) away for duikers and the kipunji, a new species elders about the importance of buffalo from Kitulo in eastern Tanzania. Four of of monkey WCS discovered in the region to tribes, native singing and drumming the animals have been equipped with sat- in 2003.