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Basic Rehabilitation Course
Le Nichoir is hosting IWRC’s Basic Rehabilitation course being held on February 18th and 19th. Registration is now open. This course includes a half-day lab, and an exam.
Lecture topics include: introduction to wildlife rehabilitation, basic anatomy and physiology, calculating drug dosages, handling and physical restraint, thermoregulation, stress, basic shock cycle, initial care and physical examination, nutrition and associated diseases, standards for housing, zoonoses, euthanasia criteria and release criteria.
Lab topics include gavage (tube-feeding), physical restraint, intramuscular and subcutaneous injections, physical exams, limb immobilization and weighing. Lab procedures are performed on cadavers so that you get hands on experience with handling wildlife.
After successfully passing the exam you will receive a certificate of completion from IWRC. This course is required by some states in order to receive a rehabilitation permit.
This is a two full day course and space is limited. This course would benefit anyone who is studying, volunteering or working with wildlife.
Where: McGill University, Macdonald campus at the MAC farm, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC.
When: February 18th and 19th 2012
Cost: $159 US ($125 US for IWRC members)
Time: Saturday 8:30 am – 5:00 pm, Sunday 9 am- 4:00 pm
To register: please visit http://theiwrc.org/online-store/classes/
For more information contact Sue Lo at office@theiwrc.org or myself at info@lenichoir.org (registration must go through IWRC)
Latest Newsletter Available
We have just published our year end newsletter full of stories and photos from 2011. In this edition read about a summer student’s experience, an update on the New Centre Project, see pictures and read about our events over the year as well as the full story on the 221 gulls that arrived in June. Plus much more… Use the signup form at the right if you would like to receive a copy. Available in English and French.
The Wildcard continues …
We invite you to Galerie Ouest, 37 rue Saint-Thomas, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, December 10th and 11th from noon until 5 pm (website) for a second chance to buy a Wildcard. The Wildcards will be sold on a first come first serve basis and we have some fabulous works available. (Free admission)
Join us December 10th and 11th for one more chance to buy a Wildcard in support of le Nichoir.
Nature Photographer Chris Dodds in Hudson
Join internationally renowned Canadian Wildlife / Nature Photographer Christopher Dodds, on November 30, 2011 at 7:30 PM at the Hudson Village Theatre (28 Wharf Road, Hudson, QC J0P 1H0) for an hour and a half long slideshow presentation to benefit Le Nichoir.
Everyone is welcome! Stories of adventure, natural history facts and information are all on the menu. Over one hundred of his stunning images will be projected, many unseen in public before.
Tickets are only $15.00 by advance purchase – every penny goes to Le Nichoir. Finger food and hors d’oeuvres are included and there will be a cash bar.
Call 450 458 2809 or email communication@lenichoir.org to reserve. Seats are limited. More details ..
