A core mission of the New Hampshire Veterinary Center for Wildlife is to provide educational opportunities for the veterinary community, wildlife rehabilitators, and the public. It is only by sharing veterinary and rehabilitation skills and knowledge honed by the Center’s founders over 38 years, can we preserve New Hampshire’s wildlife for future generations.

Veterinarian Professional Development and Training

As the veterinary industry has shifted, fewer veterinary professionals provide medical care to wildlife due to changing priorities and the lack of resources, training, and skills. To meet these challenges, the Center offers the following:

Veterinarian and Veterinary Student – The Center provides the following professional development opportunities to licensed veterinarians and veterinary students:

1. How to triage wildlife and their injuries
2. Support care
3. Common veterinary issues
4. Soft and orthopedic surgery, including pin repair of broken raptor wings
5. Rules and regulation

Veterinary Technician and Assistant Offerings – The Center provides hands-on training to veterinary technicians and assistants with the following wildlife care:

1. Nursing care and techniques
2. Proper restraint to prevent injuries to self, other personnel, and wildlife
3. Nutrition and feeding
4. Common veterinary issues

Volunteer Wildlife Rehabilitator Training

Becoming a Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator on your own can seem daunting. The Center is a centralized, in-person and remote training center for individuals wishing to become licensed or to continue their ongoing training and education as existing rehabilitators. With training completed, permitted rehabilitators may become part of the Center’s wildlife rehabilitation team.

• Handling and restraint
• Identification of local species
• Nutrition and feeding
• Medical care
• Regulations

Public Education

The Center provides public education programs about the importance of wildlife in our lives, the prevention of injuries to wildlife and humans, wildlife rehabilitation, and what to do if an injured wild animal is found. Please contact us for more details.