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A healthy future for wildlife, people, and planet.

Student in the field with conservation dog
Wildlife Medicine The Student Experience
Working Dogs for Conservation
Student Support Fund
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Student Support Fund
Student Experience
Scent Wheel
Olfactometer
Black Bear
Wolf
Mink
Otter
Spotted Skunk
Wildlife Disease
Wildlife Population Health
Wild Bear
Bear Population
Population Health
Public Policy
WD4C
Endangered Animal Detection
Anti-Poaching
Invasive Species Management
Conservation
Fieldwork
One Health
Pepperweed
Skeletonweed
Indigenous Communities
Mycoplasma
Wild Sheep
Wild Ungulates
Black-Footed Ferret
Black-foot Reservation

Exploring One Health Perspectives with Working Dogs for Conservation (WD4C)

October 12, 2026
Though I feared the rain would muffle my call, seconds later I heard the tinkling bear bell, followed by a feathery flag whirling above the shrubs—that is, the tail of a very special dog....
Hunting for invasive apple snails as part of removal efforts on the Salt River coordinated by the Arizona Game and Fish Department. Photo: Sathvik Nallagatla
Wildlife Medicine Wildlife Pathology The Student Experience
Student American Veterinary Medical Association
Government
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Student Support Fund
Student Support
Student Support Fund
Cornell Wildlife Health Center Student Support Fund
Southwest Wildlife Center
Mexican Gray Wolf
Arizona Game and Fish Department Wildlife Health Program
Prairie Dog
Apple Snail
Black-Footed Ferret
Sylvatic Plague
Capture Immobilization
National Wildlife Disease Database
CWD
Chronic Wasting Disease
White-Tailed Deer
Bighorn Sheep
Necropsy

Tales from the Desert: The Intersection of Veterinary Medicine and Government

December 04, 2024
Government isn’t the first place that most veterinary students would think of charting a career path, even those of us interested in wildlife. However, as I learned this past summer, government work can offer just as rich and diverse an experience as any zoo....