Kildare Wildlife Rescue (KWR) has appointed Katerini Vathi as its full time vet in what is understood to be the country’s only full-time exclusively wildlife rehabilitation vet.<\/p>\n
Ms Vathi has worked with KWR, which is Ireland\u2019s largest and most specialised wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centre, for the past number of years on a voluntary basis alongside her full time job but has now taken up the position exclusively with KWR.<\/p>\n
Founded in 2022, KWR is a volunteer-founded and volunteer-run charity fully licensed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS).<\/p>\n
Last year, the organisation admitted over 5,000 wild animals into care, treating a wide variety of species from across the country.<\/p>\n
The organisation is also the only Oiled Wildlife Unit in Ireland, providing highly specialised care to animals affected by oil spills and other large-scale environmental incidents.<\/p>\n
Operated by highly trained volunteers, the company\u2019s Help Desk runs seven days a week from 8am to 11pm, including weekends and bank holidays.<\/p>\n
Operators assess each report individually to determine species, age, condition and risk, ensuring urgent cases are prioritised while safeguarding both wildlife and the public.<\/p>\n
Demand for the service has increased dramatically.<\/p>\n
Since January 2023, KWR has recorded a year-on-year rise in calls for help.<\/p>\n
The company received 8,000 reports in 2024 with more than 13,000 reports last year – representing a 60% increase in just one year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kildare Wildlife Rescue (KWR) has appointed Katerini Vathi as its full time vet in what is understood to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-427454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}