Ipieca has released a new publication - Key principles for the protection, care and rehabilitation of oiled wildlife. This was developed in support of the Ipieca-IOGP guidance Wildlife response preparedness.
The document provides additional guidance for animal protection and care in an oiled wildlife response to help operators and responders:
- Understand the overarching principles of wildlife response, including:
- The health and safety of responders
- Animal handling, including the principles of triage and euthanasia
- Construction and layout of facilities
- Wildlife response team organization
- Understand the technical principles of wildlife response, including:
- Surveillance/reconnaissance
- Hazing/deterrence
- Capture of live oiled animals
- Collection/evaluation of dead oiled animals
- Field stabilization/first aid, care and support
- Pre - release care, release and post-release monitoring
