Blogs from the Field
A healthy future for wildlife, people, and planet.
![Administering a vaccine during the rabies campaign trip in the Eastern Communal Conservancies. Photo: Dr. Robin Gieling](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-12/Christine%20Roviera%20Blog%20thumbnail1.jpg?itok=FjGn0Awd)
December 20, 2023
On an early Saturday morning in late September 2021, I was half-awake when I logged in to attend the virtual Veterinary One Health Association Symposium. The first presenter was Dr. Laurie Marker, who I then learned was the Founder and Executive Director of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF)....
![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....
![Daniel Foley with sheep in the Pamirs by Helen Lee.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-06/Daniel%20Foley%20with%20sheep%20by%20Helen%20Lee%20Pastures%20in%20the%20Pamirs%20blog%20thumbnail_0.jpg?itok=MjT6g0jT)
July 06, 2023
At an altitude of 13,000 feet, I’m strangely captivated by the beads of water collected on the ceiling of my thin nylon shelter. An individual drop slowly swells and parts from its neighbors, plummeting down and crashing on the surface of my sleeping bag....
![Head veterinarian, Dr. Ana Bastos, and veterinary intern, Sarah Abdelmessih with the cheetah cubs after their vaccinations.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-04/Sarah%20Abdelmessih%20blog%20thumbnail.jpg?itok=BMozpWjc)
May 24, 2023
This past summer, with support from Cornell’s Expanding Horizons Program, I had the opportunity to work with the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Otjiwarongo, Namibia as a veterinary extern....
![Ana Pantín with sheep in Tajikistan.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-03/Ana%20Panti%CC%81n%20Overture%20of%20the%20Pamirs%20blog%20thumbnail.jpg?itok=NgPQlNSD)
March 22, 2023
I vividly remember the night before I left for Tajikistan; I was nervous, excited, and utterly exhausted. I had just finished wrapping graduation gifts for my roommates and had just about moved everything out of where I was living for the last two years (including my bed)....