Open AccessOne health: why we do what we do
Author(s) -
Jennifer M. Riley
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
wildlife rehabilitation bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2769-6960
pISSN - 1535-2242
DOI - 10.53607/wrb.v38.176
Subject(s) - wildlife , public health , perception , rehabilitation , work (physics) , public relations , psychology , environmental planning , environmental health , political science , medicine , geography , nursing , ecology , engineering , biology , mechanical engineering , neuroscience
Wildlife rehabilitators are important One Health professionals. Though this is arguably one of the most impactful aspects of our work, it is often undervalued or not recognized at all by the public. Evaluating how you as a rehabilitator are contributing to the protection of human, animal, and environmental health and highlighting your involvement with the public has the potential to benefit one health, but also the rehabilitation community and the public’s perception of wildlife rehabilitation in general.