Get FULL-ACCESS to ALL of our Courses

One Enrollment. Lifetime Access.

When you enroll in the Full-Access Program, you receive immediate access to every online course currently produced by Red Creek Wildlife Center through Wildlife EDU — along with all future Red Creek courses as they are released.

There are no annual fees, no renewals, and no hidden costs.

You enroll once, and your access remains active as the Wildlife EDU course library continues to grow

Why We Offer Full Access

Wildlife EDU was created to expand Red Creek Wildlife Center’s mission of helping wildlife through education.

Every year, thousands of animals arrive at wildlife rehabilitation centers across the country. The quality of care those animals receive depends heavily on the knowledge and preparation of the rehabilitators and volunteers who care for them.

By making professional training accessible online, we can help far more animals than those that arrive at Red Creek alone.

Our goal is simple:

Better education leads to better outcomes for wildlife.

Keeping Education Affordable

Most wildlife rehabilitators are volunteers. Many pay for supplies and training out of their own pocket.

Because of this, Red Creek has always tried to keep educational costs reasonable while still covering the expenses required to develop professional training materials.

The Full-Access option allows dedicated students to make a one-time investment in their education while gaining access to an expanding library of courses.

What You Receive

Full-Access enrollment includes:

• Immediate access to all current Red Creek Wildlife EDU courses
• Access to all future Red Creek courses as they are published
• Self-paced learning available anytime
• Instruction based on real-world wildlife rehabilitation experience
• Certificates issued for completed courses where applicable

Courses are designed for:

• New wildlife rehabilitators building a foundation
• Experienced rehabilitators refining techniques
• Volunteers working with wildlife centers
• Students preparing to enter wildlife rehabilitation

About Guest Lectures

Full-Access enrollment includes all courses created and published by
Red Creek Wildlife Center through Wildlife EDU.

Wildlife EDU may also host lectures created by guest instructors, including wildlife veterinarians, rehabilitators, and other professionals. These independently produced lectures may be offered separately and may not be included in the Full-Access program.

Already Purchased Individual Courses?

If you previously enrolled in individual Wildlife EDU courses, those enrollments can be credited toward Full-Access.

After you enroll, we will review your prior registrations and refund those course payments (up to the cost of the Full-Access enrollment).

Full Access Enrollment: $500

Please allow 24 hours for full enrollment to complete.

Wildlife Capture and Transport – Pennsylvania Certification

For those seeking permits for the capture and transport of wildlife in Pennsylvania, this eight-hour course is the first step helping you meet the Pennsylvania state permitting requirements.

For those seeking permits for the capture and transport of wildlife in Pennsylvania, this eight-hour course is the first step in helping you meet the Pennsylvania state permitting requirements.

This entertaining and enlightening course covers the basics of wildlife capture in the field including legal issues, safety, equipment, recognizing true emergencies, proper capture and handling techniques, public relations, and education.

A written exam will be given at the end of class. A passing score of 80% (along with sponsorship from a permitted wildlife rehabilitator and approval by the local WCO) is necessary for obtaining a permit in Pennsylvania.

Contents:

Introduction
Pennsylvania Laws and Regulations
Preparation
Initial Public Contact
Situational Planning
Adult Emergencies
Understanding Rabies
Baby Wildlife Emergencies
Common Baby Mammal Calls
Common Baby Bird Calls
Handling Raptors
Handling Non-Raptors
Handling Mammals
Capture
Entrapment
First Aid
Transport

A certificate for 8 hours will be awarded on completion of the course.

Each student needs to sign the Terms of Service Agreement prior to each course

ENROLLMENT

Enrollment Fee = $49.99

To enroll in any course you must first create a student account at our course gateway. You may then enroll in the course(s) of your choice.

Payment is made at the time of course selection.

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Intake and Exam – Basics in Wildlife Rehabilitation Short Course

When an animal first arrives for rehabilitation, the initial steps you take to examine and stabilize the animal can impact its survivability. Your immediate actions can save the animal, or hasten its death.

This is the first series of lessons in the
Basics in Wildlife Rehabilitation Series.

This set of lessons must be completed prior to advancing to several other lessons.

Contents:

Stress in the Wild Patient
Cursory Exam
Stabilization of Immediate Life-Threatening Conditions (ABCs)
Physical Exam

Each student needs to sign the Terms of Service Agreement prior to each course

ENROLLMENT

Enrollment Fee = $27.99

To enroll in any course you must first create a student account at our course gateway. You may then enroll in the course(s) of your choice.

Payment is made at the time of course selection.

A certificate for 4 hours will be presented on successful completion of the course

Each student needs to sign the Terms of Service Agreement prior to each course

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Wound Care, Bandaging and Splinting – Basics in Wildlife Rehabilitation

Most adult wild animals admitted for rehabilitation are suffering from injuries. Being able to properly address wounds and splint fractures are important skills for the wildlife rehabilitator. This course contains the essentials for helping an animal recover from traumatic injuries.

Contents:

Introduction – Wound Terminology
Fracture Terminology
Fracture Placement
Basic Wound Care
Introduction to Bandaging
Bandaging Fractures
Applying a Figure 8 Bandage (Step-by-step with movies)
Applying a Figure 8 Bandage with a Body Wrap (Step-by-step with movies)
5-05 Bandaging Limbs (Step-by-step with movies)
5-06 Getting Creative with Bandaging

A certificate for 8 hours will be awarded on completion of the course.

Each student needs to sign the Terms of Service Agreement prior to each course

ENROLLMENT

Enrollment Fee = $49.99

To enroll in any course you must first create a student account at our course gateway. You may then enroll in the course(s) of your choice.

Payment is made at the time of course selection.

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Basic Avian Anatomy for Wildlife Rehabilitators

This short-course only takes about 2 hours to complete but has all of the “need-to-know” information on avian anatomy for a wildlife rehabilitator.

Understanding the basic anatomy of a bird, and the proper terminology is essential for identification, handling, bandaging orthopedic injuries, and when communicating with your veterinarian.

This short-course only takes about 2 hours to complete but has all of the “need-to-know” information on avian anatomy for a wildlife rehabilitator.

Included:

Basic Anatomy Terminology
Avian respiration
Ruptured air sacs
The avian skeletal system

A certificate for 3 hours will be presented on successful completion of the course

Each student needs to sign the Terms of Service Agreement prior to each course

ENROLLMENT

Enrollment Fee = $27.99

To enroll in any course you must first create a student account at our course gateway. You may then enroll in the course(s) of your choice.

Payment is made at the time of course selection.

ENTER THE GATEWAY HERE

Fluid Therapy for Wildlife Rehabilitators

In wildlife rehabilitation, almost every animal that comes in is going to be suffering from some level of dehydration. Rehydration alone can save many of your treatable patients.

Being able to detect and treat hydration properly may be the most important skill for a wildlife rehabilitator.

Course Information:

This self-paced, non-accredited course will prepare the wildlife rehabilitator to detect an animal’s level of dehydration, calculate an effect rehydration protocol for the animals, properly select the right fluids for its condition, as well as administer fluid therapy by oral and injectable methods common in a wildlife rehabilitation setting.

- - Identifying Dehydration
  - Understanding Replacement Fluids
  - PH Balance Effect of Dehydration
  - Rehydration Math (part-1)(ratios)
  - Calculating a Rehydration Protocol
  - Fluid Administration Routes – Oral (with video instruction)
  - Preparing Fluid for Injection (with video instruction)
  - Fluid Administration Routes – Subcutaneous (with video instruction)
  - Fluid Administration Routes – Intraperitoneal (with video instruction)
  - Fluid Administration Routes – IV and IO (with video instruction)

A certificate for 8 hours will be awarded on completion of the course.

Each student needs to sign the Terms of Service Agreement prior to each course

ENROLLMENT

Enrollment Fee = $49.99

To enroll in any course you must first create a student account at our course gateway. You may then enroll in the course(s) of your choice.

Payment is made at the time of course selection.

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Essential Nutrition for Wildlife Rehabilitators

Compared to the variety an animal eats in the wild, food offered in a wildlife rehabilitation setting is quite limited. Optimal nutrition is important for growth, healing and conditioning.

It is essential that food offered meets the highest nutritional composition and is easily recognized and digested by the species.

This class includes the essentials a wildlife rehabilitator needs to meet these goals.

Included:

Refeeding Syndrome in Wildlife Patients
Calculating Calories
Trophic Categories, the Key to Meeting an Animal’s Diet
Carnivore Nutrition
Piscivore Nutrition
Calculating Thiamin Supplementation in the Piscivore Diet
Insectivore Nutrition
Substitution Diets for Wildlife
Avoiding Metabolic Bone Disease
Calculating Calcium Correction of Diets
Overview of Vitamins and Minerals
Understanding Milk Composition
Creating Milk Formulas that Meet a Species Needs’
Nestling Nutrition

A certificate for 8 hours will be presented on successful completion of the course

Each student needs to sign the Terms of Service Agreement prior to each course

ENROLLMENT

Enrollment Fee = $49.99

To enroll in any course you must first create a student account at our course gateway. You may then enroll in the course(s) of your choice.

Payment is made at the time of course selection.

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Hygiene and Zoonosis – Basics in Wildlife Rehabilitation

This short course only takes about two hours to complete, but it may be the most valuable two hours that you spend.

To keep yourself and your staff healthy, and to stop diseases from spreading through the animals that you care for, good hygiene protocols and zoonosis prevention needs to be in place. Knowing your risks and understanding how to reduce those risks is critical for all wildlife rehabilitators.

This short course only takes about two hours to complete, but it may be the most valuable two hours that you spend.

A certificate for 4 hours will be presented on successful completion of the course

Included:

Cleaning and Disinfecting in Wildlife Rehabilitation
Histoplasmosis
Zoonotic Diseases Common in Wildlife Rehabilitation
Disinfecting and Product Use
Creating a Zoonosis Protection Plan

Each student needs to sign the Terms of Service Agreement prior to each course

ENROLLMENT

Enrollment Fee = $27.99

To enroll in any course you must first create a student account at our course gateway. You may then enroll in the course(s) of your choice.

Payment is made at the time of course selection.

A certificate for 4 hours will be presented on successful completion of the course

Each student needs to sign the Terms of Service Agreement prior to each course

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The COMPLETE Course in Raising Neonatal Cottontails

Cottontail bunnies are the most frequent animal patients in many wildlife rehabilitation centers.

The developmental time from birth to weaning for bunnies is very short, and cottontails require fewer resources in time, space, and equipment than other baby mammal species. The high mortality rate, however, creates stress and frustration for the rehabilitator causing many rehabilitation centers to refuse bunnies or limit their intake.

Over two decades, Red Creek has developed protocols designed not only to duplicate what the bunny receives from the mother and the environment but also eliminating factors they would not normally be exposed to in nature.

In this course, the student will learn not only our protocols, but understand the reasons behind the methods so adjustments can be made in individual cases.

A written exam will be given at the end of class. A passing score is 80% . Students successfully passing the final exam receive a certificate for 12 hours of wildlife rehabilitation education.

Training Includes:

Understanding the Nest
Testing the Nest
Identifying True Emergencies
Aging Juveniles
Stress in Cottontails
Stabilization and the Cursory Exam
Determining Dehydration
Understanding Fluid Replacement Therapy
PH Balance Effect of Dehydration
Rehydration – How Much to Give
Rehydration – Administration Routes
Making a Neonatal Incubator
Understanding the Juvenile Cottontail’s Digestive System
Milk Formulas
Neonatal Care – Substrate and Stimulation
Neonatal Care – Feeding Protocols
Preventing Metabolic Bone Disease
Weaning 1
Weaning – Food Choices
Tularemia and Pox Virus
Parasites
Cleaning and Disinfecting
Creating a Zoonosis Protocol

A certificate for 12 hours will be presented on successful completion of the course

Each student needs to sign the Terms of Service Agreement prior to each course

ENROLLMENT

Enrollment Fee = $59.99

To enroll in any course you must first create a student account at our course gateway. You may then enroll in the course(s) of your choice.

Payment is made at the time of course selection.

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Wildlife Capture and Transport – All States

This entertaining and enlightening course covers the basics of wildlife capture in the field.

For those seeking training in the capture and transport of wildlife, this eight-hour course will help you learn these skills safely.

A written exam will be given at the end of class. A passing score is 80% .

Contents:

A certificate for 8 hours will be awarded on completion of the course.

Each student needs to sign the Terms of Service Agreement prior to each course

ENROLLMENT

Enrollment Fee = $49.99

To enroll in any course you must first create a student account at our course gateway. You may then enroll in the course(s) of your choice.

Payment is made at time of course selection.

ENTER THE GATEWAY HERE