Dr. Kathleen MacAulay, a Yarmouth veterinarian, will provide a behind-the-scenes look at what goes on in a raptor rehabilitation centre – from the initial phone call regarding an injured hawk or owl to the day of release – when she speaks at the next meeting of the southwest chapter of the Nova Scotia Bird Society.
Scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 28, at 7 p.m. at the Yarmouth County Museum, the talk will also cover several conservation projects related to work in wildlife rehabilitation.
Dr. MacAulay worked as a volunteer and summer student at the Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre for eight years before graduating from veterinary school, after which she began a two-year veterinary internship in raptor and avian medicine at the world-renowned Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota.
She currently practises at an animal clinic in Yarmouth and continues to volunteer her services at wildlife rehabilitation centres.
Her Yarmouth talk on Jan. 28 at the museum is open to the public and admission is free.
