Blog 17: Fourth Interview Questions

1.)What is the best way to rehabilitate an animal that is to be rehabilitated back into it's natural habitat?


2.)What is the most efficient way to approach the animal?

3.)What precautions should you take when caring for the wild animal?

4.)What are the requirements if you want to rehabilitate an animal into ti's natural habitat?

5.)How do some of your cases challenge you mentally and physically?

6.)Where did you do your specialized training/internship and how is this beneficial in you becoming a wildlife rehabilitator?

7.)How do the effects of social media help contribute to conservation?

8.)How can learning about the animals environment best reach maximum care of the animal??

9.)What records to you keep of the animals? Physicals, surgerys, etc?

10.)What kind of records to you keep of the animal? From where it is was found and transported to the recovery stage. And how is this vital in an animals recovery?

11.)What important aspects of the animal being found is important to report back to the rehabilitator?
(Diet, where it was found, pssbile injuries, etc?)

12.)How do you encourage the public to raise conservation and awareness?

 Is global warming a contributin to the animals habitat destruction? If not wha other factors contribute to it?

14.)How do you know if it is safe to reintroduce an animal back into it's habitat? Are there certain precautions you take?

15.)If an animals habitat is not safe, how do you locate another appropriate environment? What factors do you take into consideration?

16.)What happens when the animal becomes to familiar with it's current environment and begins to develop a relationship with humans?

17.)What certain protocal is there for the euthanasia practice? Who determines is and what facors are taken into consideration?

18.) Are there other organizations with higher power that can take an animal from a rehabiliation center and decide whether it's healthy?

19.) When an injured creature is found, what should someone do, or not do, to maximize the animal’s chance of survival and reintroduction?
20.) Are there any common myths or misconceptions about wildlife that actually harm their chance of survival?

2-Hour Meeting Answer #2

1. What is your essential question?

What is the best way to rehabilitatae an animal that is to be reintroucued back into it's natural habitat?

2. What is your second answer to your essential question (write your second answer in a complete sentence)?

The second best way to reintroduce an animal back into it's natural habitiat is to minimize stress or learn about the animal and it's habitat

3. What are three details to support or justify your second answer (details are examples or facts)?

They see humans as predators
Won't show they are in pain, you have to find out. Look for different signs
Learn how they should be acting
Keep them from hearmign themselves and others, keep calm


4. What source helped you prove this answer is justified for your essential question?

My research, wildlife care and my third interview


5. What do you plan to study next with your second answer and why? (You would say "I plan to continue my study of answer 2 by doing

I plan to continue my study of answer 2 by working at the national forest and learning about the animals habitat, as well as becomign educated on conservation. I also plan to do more research on the medical terms and procedures.

Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval

1) Write a description of what you plan on doing for your independent study component.
I plan on working at national first in san bernardino, I faxed an application and have a connection to one of the rangers.
(2) Describe in detail how you think your plan will meet the 30 hours work requirement.
I'll spend time on the weekends, and breaks putting in hours, and helping with a variety of other volunteering opportunities. Such as trailing and hiking cleanups, learning and educating on conservation, etc(3) How does your independent study component relate to your working EQ?  
It will help me understand the habitat and how to approach wildlife.

LITERAL

(a) Statement saying: “I, Reann Brownfield, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 20 hours of work.”
(b) Mentor(s) name and contact information or the main source you used to complete the independent component.

Southern California Animal Hospital (5hours)
(626) 330-4558

I worked at my relatives friends "ranch" That contained goats, cattle, chickens, and a variety of other animals. (15 hours)
John Villegas
(626) 392-7691

(c) Provide a digital spreadsheet (aka log of the 30 hours)
(d) Explanation of what you completed.
I helped treat the animals, clean the kennels, wash the utensils and watch and learn.    

INTERPRETIVE
Defend your work and explain how the significant parts of your component and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work. Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.

APPLIED
How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped.

I understood how to approach the animals better, and had a more in depth view of the injured animal being rehabilitated.

Blog 13: Rough Draft of 30 minute presentation

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Reann Brownfield East 1/17/13

Introduction:
Hello everyone, i am here to infrom you on my topic. It is a mix between a wildlife veterinarian and rehabilitarto, due to my new essential question: What is the best way to care for a wild animal that is to be re-introduced to its natural habitat?

Verification: Check for understanding
So, from your perspective, how would you approach ain injured wildlife that you have never accounted before? A deer hit on the road, bald eagle with gun shot wounds?

You would think to rush over to it and bundle it up? You should call the apropriate number, appraoch it calmy, have little interaction with it and abov all DO NOT stress the animal out, or it will die before it reaches the operating room. Remember, they are not used to human interaction and see you as a threaght, which is why the animal is probably wounded now.

• Literal: Facts you have learned
It challegned you mentally and physically and you have to be prpared for that. You need to study and know the laws andregualtions. As well as interaction with other facilitaies, and veterinarians. Yoou need to be prapred to euthanisze an animal if it's back or more thatn two limmbs is broken, beyoned repair. Stay proffesioal, don't coddle animals.


• Interpretive: Most important, making connections
Relate to other activists thoughts and records. Youtube videos?


• Applied: How may this topic help you in the future? End goal of your project?"     
It gave me a beter prspectiveo n the job requirments. I understand the broad number of careers in the wildlife oncerstion area. You need to work your way up as a wildlife vet, getting liscence, contracts, etc. I have a better view on what I want to do, and how I can achieve it.

Visuals
Powerpoint

Activity (Describe the independent activity to reinforce this lesson)  "• What is the activity:
• How it will be done: Have a bocx of stuffed animals? Give them away to peopel who can answer how to appraoch/care for the animal?
• What materials will be used:"stuffed animal prizes

Three Important Sources  "Three Important Sources
1. Doctor Wildlife
2. Interview 3
3. Compiled research

Blog #12 Interview 3 Questions

What is the most important steps to approaching injured wildlife?

How do you reintroduce them back into their natural habitat?

What kind of tips can you give for relieving as much stress as possible from a wildlife animal when you are in the process of taking it to a rehabilitation center or veterinarian clinic? (I found research stating that it is crucial to keep the animal calm as possible, or it could die on the way to receiving treatment.

What are some key factors in keeping the animal calm?

How do you educate the public on interaction with wildlife?


I understand that when an animal is going through the healing process, it is important to keep a boundary between yourself and the animal, so the animal will not learn to trust humans when released back into it's habitat. How do you accomplish this?

How do you try to keep the animals natural instincts intact while it is rehabilitating? For example, an infant barely weaned*?


What kind of standards, codes and or laws are you frequently faced with at your facility?

Is the process of training an endangered species different than an animal not endangered?

Can you reflect on a past experience in your practice that stood out and has affected you?

Blog #11: Mentorship 10 hours Check

I have been exploring my options for the best opportunities available in both the wildlife conservation field and veterinary.
Curretnly, I have the 40 hours form the Baldwin Park Animal Shelter over the summer, as well as around 4hours at the Southern California Animal Hospital A few weeks ago.
I am now most likely continueing my mentorship at an exotic animal hopspital in Pasadena. I will get back with a new mentorship hopefully over the weekend.