In the News
![Dr. Melissa Hanson drawing blood on a red-tailed hawk at the Cornell Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospita](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-01/Dr.%20Melissa%20Hanson%20drawing%20blood%20on%20a%20red-tailed%20hawk%20at%20the%20Cornell%20Janet%20L.%20Swanson%20Wildlife%20Hospital.jpg?itok=USiu1mig)
February 01, 2021
Dr. Melissa Hanson, first-year resident in Zoological Medicine at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, received a research award from the College to study refeeding syndrome in wild red-tailed hawks at Cornell’s Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital.
![Cornell Red-tailed Hawk in flight by Christine Bogdanowicz 2020](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2020-12/Cornell%20Red-tailed%20Hawk%20in%20flight%20by%20Christine%20Bogdanowicz%202020_cropped.jpeg?itok=hVbdifcm)
December 09, 2020
The Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine has released its 2020 Annual Report, detailing its progress in its key strategic priority areas, including "Advances in Animal, Human and Ecosystem Health."
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September 30, 2020
The slowdown in human activity during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly travel, has created a unique opportunity for scientists to better understand human-wildlife interactions.
![One-eyed pelican on hospital table being treated](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2020-01/CVM-CVM_2019_1018_RP_078-1080px.jpg?itok=AyatDVtx)
December 10, 2019
This juvenile American white pelican — which had only one working eye and was suffering from weakness and parasites — was brought to the Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital, making history as the first of its species to be treated there.
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For Your Information
December 10, 2019
The November/December 2019 issue of the Cornell Alumni Magazine features the heroic work of the Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital.
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October 10, 2019
Between May and July of this year, the Swanson Wildlife Hospital rescued approximately 150 eggs from pregnant snapping and painted turtles that were hit by cars and too injured to survive and lay eggs on their own. Most of the successfully hatched turtles were released in September, and some will be cared for through the winter by Cornell veterinary students and volunteers.
![A collage of snapping turtle images](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2019-12/Turtle%20rescue%20and%20release.png?itok=wZsBUc5Y)
Video
October 10, 2019
The Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine rescued approximately 150 eggs from pregnant turtles that were hit by cars and too injured to survive and lay eggs on their own. Watch this video on how our experts rescued and subsequently released the hatchling turtles into their natural habitat.
Video
September 17, 2019
Watch this video of Swanson Wildlife Hospital veterinarians treating a black bear cub after she was hit by a car in the Adirondack Park. After spending time with a wildlife rehabilitator in Oswego County, the bear will be returned to the wild.
![An injured Black bear cub shown with a cast on it's foreleg and being treated at Cornell](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2019-12/Black%20bear%20cub%20for%20news%20article.jpg?itok=g4MxyF5A)
September 17, 2019
After being hit by a car in the Adirondack Park, a female black bear cub was brought to the Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital where it received care to repair its broken left foreleg.
![Christina Parsnick in lab](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2019-05/Christina-Parsnick-1-resize.jpg?itok=v6dI0uan)
August 28, 2018
Cornell sets the bar for training vet techs in wildlife medicine. The Veterinary Technician Student Preceptorship in Wildlife Medicine is the first of its kind in the northeast U.S., and gives veterinary technicians-in-training concentrated wildlife-focused experience.