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Zoological Medicine The Student Experience
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What 1,376 Patients Taught Me About Wildlife Medicine

August 26, 2025
What does it mean to care for 1,376 wild animals over the course of a summer? This past summer, I found out firsthand as a hospital extern at WildCare...
Colleen Sorge with anteater at the Abilene Zoo.
Zoological Medicine The Student Experience
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The Daphne Diaries: Reflecting on my Externship at the Abilene Zoo

April 19, 2023
My experience as a first-year vet student in 2020 was largely shaped by the pandemic and the many limitations it imposed. When I first learned about the Abilene Zoo in April 2021, it was through a Cornell Zoo and Wildlife Society (ZAWS) lecture given by Dr. Stephanie Carle, the Abilene Zoo’s senior veterinarian, over Zoom....