GOWRS Ltd

GOWRS Ltd comprises a network of wildlife response organisations who are partnering to provide professional Tier 3 oiled wildlife assessment services to any interested client, industry and government alike, through the utilisation of experienced and trained wildlife response personnel working to agreed standards. This includes the GOWRS Assessment Team, a ready-to-deploy team of 4 experts to size up the wildlife needs of an oil spill response and provide recommendations for delivering an effective wildlife response. GOWRS can also assist in exercises and can provide consultancy services to assist in the development of wildlife incident action plans. The network of established oiled wildlife response organisations providing these services includes Aiuká (Brazil), Focus Wildlife International (U.S.A.), International Bird Rescue (U.S.A.), Oiled Wildlife Care Network/UC Davis (OWCN) (U.S.A.), PRO BIRD (Germany), the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) (U.K.), the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) (South Africa), Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research (U.S.A.), WILDBASE/Massey University (New Zealand), and Wildlife Rescue Centre, Ostend (Belgium).