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A healthy future for wildlife, people, and planet.

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Aquatic Animal Health Wildlife Medicine The Student Experience
College of Veterinary Medicine
Wildlife Veterinarian
Student Experience
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Student Support Fund
Student Experiential Learning
Student
Student Support Fund
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Alligators
Veterinary Career
Conservation Career
Veterinary Externship
Texas
Mule Deer
Aoudad
Mycoplasma
M. ovi
Bighorn Sheep
Habitat Loss
wildlife tracking
Native Wildlife
Human-Wildlife Conflict
Hunting
Policy
Public Policy
Pittman-Robertson Act
Habitat Restoration
Hunter Education
Hunters
Deer
CWD
Chronic Wasting Disease
Animal Disease
Cattle
Jake Holshuh
Student Learning
Student Support

Veterinary Conservation in Action: Experiential Learning With the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

November 24, 2025
Veterinary medicine offers a wide range of career paths and options, and one of the most interesting and often overlooked is that of a state wildlife veterinarian....
Two wildlife workers handle a tranquilized animal beside a large metal crate labeled "WARNING WILD ANIMALS" in a dry grassland, with mountains in the background and a red helicopter flying in the sky.
Aquatic Animal Health Wildlife Medicine The Student Experience
Conservation Biology
Wildlife
Conservation
Jake Holshuh
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Student Support Fund
Student
Free-ranging Wildlife Conservation
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Externship
Veterinary Externship
University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Wildlife Health Lab
Aerial Darting
UC Berkeley California Wolf Project
grey wolf
Population Health
One Health
Wildlife Disease
Wildlife Toxicology
Point Reyes National Seashore
Disease Ecology
Human-Wildlife Conflict
Oiled Wildlife Care Network
Oil Spill
UC Santa Cruz
Marine Wildlife
Wildlife Veterinarian
Wildlife Pathology
Applied Research
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Elephant Seals

A Snapshot of California’s Wildlife Work

September 25, 2025
In an ever-changing society, the roles of biologists and veterinarians remain essential in the conservation of wildlife and biodiversity more broadly....