Wildlife Rescue is written in a clear and interesting way, and with some humour. There are different chapters for different types of animals: hedgehogs, garden birds, foxes, etc.
It is well laid out and illustrated and includes brief stories of actual rescues at the start of each chapter. The remainder of each chapter is devoted to facts about the animals plus treatment and advice for illnesses and injuries to which the animals are prone.
Anyone interested in wildlife would love this book. Older children and teenagers might also enjoy this, given its easy-to-read style. Others of us might not read it from cover to cover, but it would make a useful reference in odd emergencies.
Even in non-rural environments, many of us come in to regular contact with wildlife. As a girl, in a Hertfordshire town, our back garden was home to a family of hedgehogs, and we once (unsuccessfully I’m afraid) tried to nurse a blackbird back to life on our playroom windowsill. Wildlife Rescue would have been perfect to ensure that we did the right thing with the animals we came in to contact with.
I remember we used to put out saucers of milk for the hedgehogs; now widely known to be a very bad idea (and confirmed by this book). Having long ago moved to south east London, dealing with the survivors of attacks by our cats is the most likely scenario for encountering wildlife! But nevertheless, it is surprising to think just how often we come in to contact with sick or injured wild animals and I’m sure Wildlife Rescue would be of enormous help in those situations.
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