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June 2023

Tatiana Weisbrod feeding milk in a bottle to a baby manatee.

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Cornell alumna Tatiana Weisbrod, DVM ‘17, once thought medical school was in her future, until she came across the Cornell AQUAVET® program, which changed the trajectory of her career.
Red-tailed Hawk BirdCams screen grap of 3 young birds on the Cornell campus nest.

Three nestlings from the Cornell hawks' nest were treated for maggots in their ears at the Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital and were then placed back safely in their nest.
Mio Ito with parrot

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Anyone who knows me will know that I am an avid bird lover. From backyard chickens to falconry raptors, I love them all. But one group of birds holds a special place in my heart: the psittacines, more commonly known as the parrot family....
White-headed Vulture by Hans Jurgen-Mager (mKElVrmjoFM-unsplash) shown perched in a tree.

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With the help of Dr. Martin Gilbert, Cornell veterinary student Christel-Remy Kuck, DVM '24, lends a hand to struggling vulture populations at VulPro, South Africa through Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine's Expanding Horizons International Education Program.
Indian leopard sitting in a tree

Blog

Welcome to the Living with Leopards Project student intern blog. Join us as we explore the implications of human-leopard conflict in the Himalayan foothills, reporting from Chitwan National Park, Nepal. 
Flying fox bats shown roosting in a tree by Hans-Veth-Er7IsQ7cw-o-unsplash

Experts from the Cornell Wildlife Health Center and the Wildlife Conservation Society have partnered on a new analysis focused on how pandemics can be prevented in the future. One basic solution may lie in a global taboo against harming/disturbing bats and their habitats.
A Bald Eagle in flight by Richard Lee/Unsplash

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While the recent population recovery of bald eagles in New York State is a conservation success, evidence from necropsies suggest that ingested lead from ammunition fragments is causing morbidity and mortality to wild eagles.
Sara Childs-Sanford treats Bald Eagle by Carol Jennings/CVM

A bald eagle had been hit by a car the night before arriving at the Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital and was not doing well. A month later, however, she was ready to be discharged and transferred to a licensed wildlife rehabilitator.
Lesser short-nosed fruit bat

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In this new paper led by Cornell, researchers conclude that a global taboo is needed whereby humanity agrees to leave bats alone, let them have the habitats they need, and live undisturbed by humans to reduce the risk of another pandemic. 
Alyssa Kaganer working in the lab.

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Dr. Alyssa Kaganer began working with wildlife as an undergraduate student at Cornell University in 2012. She recalls “stumbling” into research at the Cornell Wildlife Health Lab, where she was mentored by Drs. Krysten Schuler and Elizabeth Bunting.