BWRC Conference Proceedings

The BWRC has published books documenting the presentations given by experts on various wildlife rehabilitation topics at some of the symposia it has held annually since 1988.

Details of the contents of each book, together with individual purchase prices, are provided below.

In addition to these books, some of the speakers' abstracts/presentations from more recent
Wildlife Rehabilitation Coalition symposia are available to download below.

The Proceedings of the Symposium of The British Wildlife Rehabilitation Council 2000 (2002)

  Dr Marian Small - Introduction
  Dr Pat Morris - Rehabilitation: Some Perspectives
  Ian Robinson MRCVS - Health Monitoring of Casualties and Potential Threats Posed to Wildlife Populations
  by Released Casualties
  Adam Grogan - Habitat Assessment for Release Schemes
  David Ramsden - Release Methods: the Practicalities With Particular Reference to Owls
  Dr Nigel Reeve - Post-Release Monitoring: the Practicalities
  Mike Toms - Survival Rates of Oiled Guillemots: Looking To The Future
  Andrew Routh MRCVS - Oil Spill Successes: What Hope For Alcids?
  Ray Jackson - Lower Moss Wood Post Release Studies: Foxes 1998/99
  Dr Robert Atkinson - Symposium Summary

The Proceedings of the Third Symposium of The British Wildlife Rehabilitation Council (1991)

  Pat Morris, S Munn & S Craig-Wood - Released Hedgehogs - Can They Cope?
  Norma Chapman - Deer: Assessment, Recovery, Release and Follow-Up
  Rosemary Green - Release Techniques for Otters: Theory and Practice
  Sandra Hogben - Preparation and Release of Common and Grey Seal Pups
  Ken Partridge - The Need for Ringing
  Steve Cooke - The Release of Mute Swans From Captivity
  Dennis Fenter - The Practicalities Involved in the Release of Wild Birds After Treatment
  Keith Corbett - Rescue and Relocation of British Reptiles
  
  Appendices  
  Margaret E Cooper & Diane Sinclair - Wildlife Rehabilitation and the Law: an Introduction
  Stephen Harris & Don Jefferies - Working Within the Law: Practical Aspects of Wildlife Rehabilitation
  Brian Coles - A Veterinary Surgeon's Approach to Wildlife Casualties
  Les Stocker - First Aid - the Life Saver
  Joy Howell - Wound Management
  Ranald Munro - Zoonoses and Wildlife
  John E Cooper - Reptiles and Amphibians
  John Baker - Natural Causes of Illness and Death in Wild Grey Seals

Proceedings of the Inaugural Symposium of The British Wildlife Rehabilitation Council (1989)

  Wincey Willis - Opening Address
  John E Cooper - Care, Cure or Conservation: Developments and Dilemmas in Wildlife Rehabilitation
  Les Stocker - The Range of Species Treated at a Rehabilitation Unit
  Colin Seddon & Paul Yates - Initial Treatment of Wildlife Casualties
  John Goodman - Rearing Orphaned Young Wild Animals
  James K Kirkwood - Artificially Rearing Wild Mammals: Rationale and Techniques
  Laurance J Larmour - Hand Rearing Seal Pups at the Oban Sea Life Centre
  Sheila T Walsh & Robert E Stebbings - Care and Rehabilitation of Wild Bats
  Ruth L Allen - Care and Hand-Raising of Young Red Deer
  Tim Thomas - A Diet For Hand Rearing Passerines
  Andrew G Greenwood - Assessment of Casualties for Release
  Stephen Harris - The Release of Wild Mammals After Treatment: Rationale, Problems and Techniques
  Philip J K Burton - Release of Wild Birds After Treatment
  Brian H Coles - Symposium Summary
  Les Stocker - The British Wildlife Rehabilitation Council - The Future