This book covers every aspect of the care and rehabilitation of injured or starving raptors, from the initial assessment of the bird''s conditioning, training and release. This book covers every aspect of the care and rehabilitation. Captive Raptor Management & Rehabilitation is an international perspective by the worlds leading rehabilitators, zoo curators and falconers on how to hold, medicate, train for hunting and condition for release, the world''s raptors. This book covers every aspect of the care and rehabilitation of injured or starving raptors, from the initial assessment of the bird''s conditioning, training and release. An indispensable reference for every rehabilitator, falconer, zoo keeper, or aviculturist working with hawks, falcons, eagles, vultures, or owls. Combines the authors'' years of experience with the latest scientific data worldwide. This title is generously illustrated throughout with 85 detailed line drawings, and includes over 100 color photos in a 16-page photo section covering such topics as molting and imping, hooded birds, raptor habitat and nesting, flight pens, care of feet and talons, perches and veterinary insights.
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Introduction; Raptor Survival Strategies; The Injured Raptor; Releasing Rehabilitated Raptors; Monitoring Released Birds; The Captive Raptor; Raptor Behaviour & Training; The Raptor Aviary; Raptor Management; Raptor Medicine; The Raptor Diet; Equipment; Index.
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Librería: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Reino Unido
Condición: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2004). 2004 1st edition. 4to (224 x 288mm). Pp173, ads. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Pictorial laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper. Fine new copy. Issued without dust-wrapper. A useful book for the falconer and avian vet, as well as anyone intending to take on injured raptors. Chapters include: Raptor survival strategies - hunting techniques, diet; The injured raptor - source of birds for rehabilitation, housing the injured raptor, enclosure construction, choosing the right rehabilitation method, rehabilitation techniques, review of injuries, consequences and options, aviary exercise (forced exercise), dealing with orphaned raptors, preparing the food, behavioural development, reintroducing orphaned raptors, the starving raptor; Releasing rehabilitated raptors; Monitoring released birds - tracking, transmitters, the failed release; The captive raptor - managing the captive raptor, beak care, feather care, molting, repairing feathers, housing trained raptors; Raptor behaviour and training - motivation, training methods, lure training, unwanted behaviour, weight management during training, improving and maintaining fitness, choosing the right raptor for a demonstration; The raptor aviary - managing the aviary display, designing the aviary, perching, feeding raptors in aviaries, mixing species; Raptor management photo gallery; Raptor medicine - inital first aid, anaesthesia, management of soft tissue injuries, management of orthopaedic injuries, ocular trauma, bumblefoot, trichomoniasis, endoparasitism, ectoparasitism, poisoning, miscellaneous conditions, release conditions; The raptor diet; Equipment - equipment for holding raptors, using hoods, jesses and leashes, swivels, making lures, the creance, perches, using bells. Appendices are: Live food production; Breeding rats and mice; Freezing food before use and using road kills; Putting rehabilitation and foraging in context. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 29.95. Nº de ref. del artículo: 12527
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Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. An indispensable reference for every rehabilitator, falconer, zoo keeper, or aviculturist working with hawks, falcons, eagles, vultures, or owls. The book combines the authors' years of experience with rehabilitation and capture management, veterinary medicine and falconry techniques, supplemented with co-operation from rehabilitation from around the world. The authors have worked with rehabilitation from all over the world to bring this international guide of captive raptor management together. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9780888394903
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Librería: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Irlanda
Condición: New. 2004. UK ed. Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, 16 pages of colour photos. BIC Classification: GBC; RNK; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 758. . . . . . Nº de ref. del artículo: V9780888394903
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