Blogs from the Field
A healthy future for wildlife, people, and planet.
![Danielle Keerbs shown changing a bandage.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-12/Danielle%20Keerbs%20Costa%20Rica%20Blog%20thumbnail.jpg?itok=IivhZRE0)
January 03, 2024
My heart hammers in my chest as I unlock the door to the enclosure, my eyes hunting through the mesh to find the animal inside. It’s not just the heat making my palms sweaty as I open the door and duck inside; it’s not just the exercise making me short of breath. Of all the animals in the clinic, this is the one that terrifies me the most: the one-armed, two-toed sloth named Ace....
![A whale calf’s entangled flipper and how tightly wrapped the line is.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-11/Hall-Whale-entangled-in-monofilament-Photo-1-Breaching-768x433-1.jpeg?itok=08sgh3LD)
November 08, 2023
For my last summer before clinical rotations, I wanted to gain experience with marine animals. I was accepted as an intern with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) Marine Mammal Rescue & Research (MMRR) program in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a unique geographical area where tides and coastlines can suddenly trap a dolphin or whale in inches of water....
![Stacy Kanek with Happy the Damara sheep.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-07/Stacy%20Kanek%20with%20Happy%20the%20Damara%20sheep%20blog%20thumbnail.png?itok=h7hlaejs)
August 01, 2023
Cheetahs have long been my favorite animal, so it is no surprise that in March of 2023, I embarked on a 49-hour journey to the country with the largest population of cheetahs. I have wanted to work with cheetahs since I was five years old....