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Two healthcare professionals are attending to a goose that is under anesthesia with monitoring equipment in the background.
Wildlife Medicine The Student Experience
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Fledging as a Veterinary Extern at the Hawai’i Wildlife Center

October 21, 2026
I was lucky enough to spend four extraordinary weeks as a veterinary extern at the Hawai’i Wildlife Center (HWC). HWC has one goal: to support and protect Hawai'i's native terrestrial vertebrate species....
Two red-footed boobies perched on a piece of PVC pipe in an enclosure.
Wildlife Medicine Aquatic Animal Health The Student Experience
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College of Veterinary Medicine
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Saving Hawaiʻi’s Native Birds: The Intersection of Veterinary Medicine and Wildlife Rehabilitation

January 26, 2026
I had the amazing opportunity to complete a veterinary externship at the Hawaiʻi Wildlife Center on the island of Hawaiʻi...
Hawai'ian Apapane bird with mosquito in eye
Planetary Health
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Landscape-level Mosquito Suppression to Protect Hawai'i's Rapidly Vanishing Avifauna

July 01, 2020 by Katherine McClure
Vector-borne infectious diseases pose substantial threats to human health and the conservation of wildlife. Avian malaria in Hawai‘i provides an example of the devastation caused by the emergence and spread of such diseases within susceptible host populations.