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Answering the Call of the Wild…

Nathalie Karvonen Toronto Wildlife Centre

Wildlife Hotlines can help people and wildlife in 4 ways:

Assessing calls about sick, injured and “orphaned” wildlife Assisting people with resolving Nuisance Situations Providing General Information Coordinating Wildlife Rescues

The Importance of Wildlife Hotlines

• Saving lives
• Alerting you to larger

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• Reducing field responses
• Reducing admissions
• Establishing credibility
• Fundraising
• Educating both

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Hotline Caller: “I have a black furry animal on my driveway, white on back and tail, what to do with it? How to make it go away?” Hotline Caller: “I found a baby goose – it’s all yellow with some darker patches, black feet, a black beak with a lighter tip, and it’s constantly peeping. There was no mother in sight!”

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www.torontowildlifecentre.com/hotlinemanual Wildlife Hotline (416) 631-0662

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