What is Wildlife Rehab?
Wildlife rehabilitation is the treatment and care of a sick, injured or orphaned wild animal and its preparation for release to a successful life back in the wild. The Blackland Prairie Raptor Center specializes in rehabilitating wild raptors (birds of prey) and admits up to 800 injured raptors annually.
Tough Choices
Our ultimate goal is the successful release of all wild raptors back to the wild, ideally back to the area where they were found where possible (if known). However, our work is to improve the welfare of casualty wildlife and knowing that wild animals get stressed easily in captivity, we have to consider whether treating it will do more harm than good. We believe it’s unfair to put wild animals through a traumatic experience if their chances of recovery and release are low, so those that are unlikely to survive in the wild are put to sleep.
Our ultimate goal is the successful release of all wild raptors back to the wild, ideally back to the area where they were found where possible (if known). However, our work is to improve the welfare of casualty wildlife and knowing that wild animals get stressed easily in captivity, we have to consider whether treating it will do more harm than good. We believe it’s unfair to put wild animals through a traumatic experience if their chances of recovery and release are low, so those that are unlikely to survive in the wild are put to sleep.