Educator Resources
Pellet Dissection:
Virtual owl pellet dissection
Owl pellet dissection song
Pellet dissection safety, including how to heat treat them
Bone sorting charts: International Owl Center, Carolina Biological Supply, Nature Watch
Threats to owls:
Raptors Are The Solution (RATS): Everything you could ever want to know about secondary poisoning by anticoagulant rodenticides (downloadable posters, links to scientific papers, exclusion, alternative rodent control, etc.)
Information about using live owls in education:
-International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators (IAATE) position statement: Welfare of human-reared vs parent-reared owls in ambassador animal programs
-IAATE webinar recording about using parent-reared vs. human-reared owls as ambassadors (2 hours long)
-Raptors in Captivity: Guidelines for Care and Management by Lori Arent (this book provides standards for care in the United States)
-Care and Management of Captive Raptors Workshop, University of Minnesota, USA
-Avian Training Workshop, World Bird Sanctuary, Missouri, USA
Virtual owl pellet dissection
Owl pellet dissection song
Pellet dissection safety, including how to heat treat them
Bone sorting charts: International Owl Center, Carolina Biological Supply, Nature Watch
Threats to owls:
Raptors Are The Solution (RATS): Everything you could ever want to know about secondary poisoning by anticoagulant rodenticides (downloadable posters, links to scientific papers, exclusion, alternative rodent control, etc.)
Information about using live owls in education:
-International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators (IAATE) position statement: Welfare of human-reared vs parent-reared owls in ambassador animal programs
-IAATE webinar recording about using parent-reared vs. human-reared owls as ambassadors (2 hours long)
-Raptors in Captivity: Guidelines for Care and Management by Lori Arent (this book provides standards for care in the United States)
-Care and Management of Captive Raptors Workshop, University of Minnesota, USA
-Avian Training Workshop, World Bird Sanctuary, Missouri, USA
