This intensive one-day course covers the essential requirements for bat rehabilitation, including hands-on practice handling and feeding native insectivorous bats. Participants are required to bring proof of rabies immunization to the workshop. For additional information about rabies immunization, please see https://batworld.org/rabies-immunization-requirements/. This course is approved by the Texas Department of State Health Services for 8 hours of Animal Control officer continuing education, and by the American Association of Veterinary State Boards for 8 hours of continuing professional development for veterinarians and licensed veterinary technicians. The instructor, Kate Rugroden, is certified as an instructor by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE); law enforcement personnel may apply to their agency training coordinator for CE credit hours.

TX Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Houston TX