In the News

January 17, 2018
In a new paper, Dr. Martin Gilbert and colleagues describe the first documented case of canine distemper virus in a wild Amur leopard. With only 80 Amur leopards estimated to be left in the wild, infectious disease can have devastating consequences.

December 13, 2017
For generations, international trade practices have dictated that rural southern Africans cannot protect nearby wildlife and, at the same time, farm cattle because of animal disease concerns....

November 22, 2017
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Martin Gilbert
If you are a soccer fan you probably remember the penetrating drone of vuvuzelas that pervaded the stadiums of South Africa in the 2010 World Cup....

October 13, 2017
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Martin Gilbert
Dawn breaks over a wide and acacia-studded savanna. In their wallows, the mud slathered buffalos blink sleepily at our passing, and the air is alive with the purr of zebra doves....

June 12, 2017
During Cornell University's Reunion 2017, the Cornell Wildlife Health Center held a "talk show" launch event, hosted by Provost Michael I. Kotlikoff and featuring our novel approach to wildlife conservation and the challenges of saving wildlife and wild places.

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June 09, 2017
Watch the "talk show" launch of Wildlife Health Cornell at Reunion 2017, hosted by Provost Michael I. Kotlikoff and featuring internationally-renowned wildlife health experts discussing our novel approach to wildlife conservation and the challenges of saving wildlife and wild places.