Resources and Downloads
Useful downloadable documents.
The following texts are recommended for further reading on the veterinary management of marine mammals:
- Barnett, J. and Robinson, I. (2003). Marine Mammals. In: BSAVA Manual of Wildlife Casualties. pp.182-201. Edited by E. Mullineaux, R. Best and J.E. Cooper. British Small Animal Veterinary Association, Quedgeley, Glos. (A reference specific to the UK strandings situation)
- Dierauf, L.A. and Gulland, F.M.D. (2001).CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine. 2nd Edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. (A more internationally orientated and extensive reference)
Papers and Links of interest
- Link to BDMLR Orca Aware - a project sponsored by BDMLR
- Post mortem examination summaries for BDMLR attended strandings, 2009-2010
UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme co-funded by Defra and the Devolved Administrations - In search of seal-friendly salmon farming (October 2009)
Susan Wilson and Siobhan Pereira, Tara Seal Research - Report on the mass stranding and rescue of common dolphins in Porth Creek, Falmouth (June 2008)
Cornwall Wildlife Trust Marine Strandings Network and British Divers Marine Life Rescue - Medic reports on the mass stranding of Common Dolphins in the Percuil River, Cornwall (2008)
British Divers Marine Life Rescue - Does habituation to human contact occur during the rehabilitation process of the seal, (Phoca Vitulina)?
Beatrice Hawker BSc (Hons) - Evaluation of rehabilitation as an option for stranded dolphins, porpoises and whales
James Barnett BSc BVSc MRCVS (BDMLR Veterinary Coordinator) - Seal-Fisheries Interactions: Problems, science and solutions
Susan C Wilson PhD, LLM
BDMLR Accounts
» View the BDMLR accounts on the Charity Commission website
BDMLR forms
- Seal Pup Rehabilitation Policy
- Stranded Seal Pup Phone Report Sheet
- Stranded Cetacean Phone Report Sheet
- BDMLR Incident Control Board
- BDMLR Equipment Test Record
- BDMLR Equipment Maintenance/Repair Record
- BDMLR Equipment Temporary Loan Log
- BDMLR Expenses Claim Form
- Live Seal Rescue Assessment Form
- Turtle Morphometrics Chart
- Turtle Report Form
- BDMLR Risk Assessment Form
- BDMLR First Aid Record Card
BDMLR Code of Conduct, Insurance and Seal Bite Letter
- All volunteers and employees of BDMLR are insured for all rescues that we do assuming that the volunteer medic follows the procedures set down in the training course.
- Download letter from our Insurers
- Seal Bite Instruction Letter to Doctors
- BDMLR Code of Conduct
MARC recording sheets
- MARC Stranded Cetacean Initial Report
- MARC Stranded Cetacean Observation/Assessment sheet
- MARC Procedures, Treatment & Sampling Report