Title: (Optional) Explain legal issues affecting the care and handling of wildlife.
Course: Veterinary Science II (18105-II) > Section: Working with Wildlife

Explanation should include

- species that are protected by laws such as the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Endangered Species Act
- state and local laws governing wildlife
- ways such laws impact the care and handling of wildlife (e.g., who is allowed to care for certain species and who is not)
- trends for human-wildlife interface
- the legal criteria for licensure
- the role of wildlife in the transmission of disease in domestic species and human.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are additional methods the state uses to protect wildlife other than enacting laws that affect the care and handling of wildlife (e.g., nesting sites, eggs, habitat preservation)?
- What are the permit levels a wildlife rehabilitator can obtain through the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries? What do the different permit levels allow a rehabilitator to do?