Poor data management has long hindered wildlife health surveillance and One Health integration. The @wcs.org led HAWK database enables harmonized data sharing across sectors–a common good for One Health tinyurl.com/498np55z
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A community-of-practice-built database to support the implementation and operation of national and subnational wildlife health surveillance systems
Historically, poor data management has hampered the establishment and operation of wildlife health surveillance (WHS) systems and limited the integrat…
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October 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Concerns arise in Dahar al-Sawan, Lebanon, over wildlife illnesses affecting wolves. The municipality calls for urgent action from health and agriculture ministries to investigate and address the issue. Residents advised to report unusual wildlife deaths. #Lebanon #WildlifeHealth #PublicSafety
October 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Happy Earth Day! 🌍💚 Zoo and wildlife vets and researchers help protect our planet by keeping animals healthy. They treat endangered species, prevent disease, and support ecosystems.
Help make a difference. 🐾 wildanimalhealthfund.org/donate
#EarthDay #wildlifehealth #vetmed #protectwhatyoulove
Help make a difference. 🐾 wildanimalhealthfund.org/donate
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April 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Namibia records first case of seal rabies - The Namibian -
Namibia records first case of seal rabies The Namibian -
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June 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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The Wild Animal Health Fund supported important research on a novel Helicobacter infection in #degus, advancing both #animalhealth and #conservationscience. 🐭🌿🔬
Read the publication: doi.org/10.1638/2024...
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August 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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🦏 Making Rhino Anesthesia Safer 🐎
Rhinos face extinction, and safe anesthesia is key to their protection. A WAHF-funded study by Milnes et al. is helping get there.
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Rhinos face extinction, and safe anesthesia is key to their protection. A WAHF-funded study by Milnes et al. is helping get there.
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June 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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🧬 What’s in a gut? Clues to saving endangered primates.
In 2024, with support from WAHF, researchers began analyzing viral communities in the digestive tracts of mountain gorillas and golden monkeys in Rwanda.
#WildlifeHealth #GorillaConservation #WAHF #GoldenMonkeys #MountainGorillas
In 2024, with support from WAHF, researchers began analyzing viral communities in the digestive tracts of mountain gorillas and golden monkeys in Rwanda.
#WildlifeHealth #GorillaConservation #WAHF #GoldenMonkeys #MountainGorillas
May 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Yesterday, Dr. Adrien conducted a health check on #Sabyinyo group in Volcanoes National Park, #Rwanda. Previously comprised of 15 members, the group now has 16 with the recent birth of Karema's baby (pictured!). All members appear to be in good overall health.
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May 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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🌊 Just published! Our study on grey seals in the Baltic Sea highlights the discovery of Giardia duodenalis and the impact of parasites on seal health. 🦭
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Endoparasites in Grey Seals (Halichoerus grypus) By-Caught in Latvian Commercial Coastal Fishery
The grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) is a fish-eating mammal and an apex predator in the Baltic Sea. It serves as the definitive host for several parasite species that utilize fish as intermediate or pa...
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December 27, 2024 at 4:38 PM
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Delighted to be talking #wildlifehealth and #OneHealth on Talk Nerdy podcast with Cara Santa Maria www.carasantamaria.com/podcast/liz-...
Animal Illness w/ Liz Kalaugher
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by science journalist and author, Liz Kalaugher. They discuss Liz’s newly released book, “The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other...
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June 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Charging into the weekend! Thanks for making #worldgorilladay this week such a blast, we love our followers! #ourpatientsarewild #weekend #boss #lookatme #silverback #gorilla #mountaingorilla #endangeredspecies #wildlifeconservation #wildlifehealth #conservationmedicine #veterinarians #vetmed
September 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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World’s only flightless parrot doing okay against ‘crusty bum’ disease #Science #Biology #Zoology #Conservation #EndangeredSpecies #WildlifeHealth
World’s only flightless parrot doing okay against ‘crusty bum’ disease
With only 237 birds left in the wild, saving New Zealand’s critically endangered kākāpō is one of the small country’s major conservation projects. These giant, green camouflage experts are threatened...
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October 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Louisiana officials are on high alert as 39 cases of Chronic Wasting Disease are confirmed in deer populations, leading to urgent emergency measures to protect wildlife.
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Read the full story
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Louisiana Expands CWD Control Area Following Detection in Tinsall Parish
Officials confirm 39 positive chronic wasting disease cases and declare emergency measures.
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September 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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WAHF support fuels real impact. Meet Dr. Matt Allender, advancing turtle health across North America.
🎥 Watch: www.canva.com/design/DAGxS...
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#WildlifeHealth #Turtles #AnimalHealth #ZooMedicine #Wildlife #ProtectWildlife #WildAnimals #Reptiles
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October 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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🌍 In sub-Saharan Africa, the wildlife-livestock-human interface is a hotspot for zoonotic spillover.
With porous boundaries between ecosystems, livestock grazing areas, and human settlements, the risk is real.
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#ItsEveryonesHealth
With porous boundaries between ecosystems, livestock grazing areas, and human settlements, the risk is real.
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#ItsEveryonesHealth
June 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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6/13 Selenium creates "insidious" effects on fish and birds, passing toxins from parents to offspring.
The result: birth deformities and reproductive failure that cascades through generations.
Ecosystems face irreversible collapse.
#Toxins #WildlifeHealth
The result: birth deformities and reproductive failure that cascades through generations.
Ecosystems face irreversible collapse.
#Toxins #WildlifeHealth
August 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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@psychologytoday.com and Marc Bekoff - Thank you for featuring The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick today! www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anim... #wildlifehealth
When We Make Wild Animals Sick, We Endanger Everyone
"The Elephant in the Room" is a globally important read about the myriad ways we cause wildlife to become sick and how, by protecting animals, we can protect ourselves.
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May 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Wild Rabbits in US Show Startling 'Tentacle' Growths on Their Heads #Science #Biology #Zoology #WildlifeHealth #RabbitResearch #AnimalDiseases
Wild Rabbits in US Show Startling 'Tentacle' Growths on Their Heads
There's no need to panic.
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August 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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🦓 Safer care for zebras
WAHF is funding research in South Africa to find the safest anesthetic drug combinations for zebras during capture and transport - protecting their health when they need treatment or relocation.
📸 Photo – Ellie Milnes
#WAHF #WildlifeHealth #Zebra #ConservationScience
WAHF is funding research in South Africa to find the safest anesthetic drug combinations for zebras during capture and transport - protecting their health when they need treatment or relocation.
📸 Photo – Ellie Milnes
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August 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Could Aardvark Burrows Be Ground Zero for the Next Pandemic? #Science #HealthandMedicine #InfectiousDiseases #PandemicPreparedness #WildlifeHealth
Could Aardvark Burrows Be Ground Zero for the Next Pandemic?
Animals of all kinds mix and mingle in the underground refuges, offering troubling opportunities for diseases to jump species
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September 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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A very Happy 99th Birthday to Sir David Attenborough!
An amazing advocate for wildlife conservation, he has dedicated his life to raising awareness of the wonders of our natural world. An inspiration to us all 🐅🐸🐍🦔🕊️🐋🐟 #wildlifehealth
An amazing advocate for wildlife conservation, he has dedicated his life to raising awareness of the wonders of our natural world. An inspiration to us all 🐅🐸🐍🦔🕊️🐋🐟 #wildlifehealth
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
May 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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This is what led me to learn more about range management than I have ever wanted to also! But nutrition and forage quality are such important drivers of ungulate populations! #wildlifehealth #cervids
December 1, 2024 at 5:57 PM
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Utah's Wildlife Board is taking bold new steps to combat the alarming rise of chronic wasting disease in elk, ensuring the future of both wild and domesticated populations hangs in the balance.
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#UT #DiseaseManagement #CitizenPortal #WildlifeHealth #AgriculturalSustainability
Get the details!
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Utah reveals new strategies to combat chronic wasting disease in elk populations
State officials discuss inventory and testing measures to manage chronic wasting disease in elk.
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April 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Don’t Forget to Check Yourself
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#LymeDisease #TickBites #HealthAwareness #VectorBorneDiseases #PublicHealth #OutdoorSafety #DiseasePrevention #EnvironmentalHealth #ZoonoticDiseases #InfectiousDiseases #Epidemiology #OneHealth #WildlifeHealth #ClimateAndHealth
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Don’t Forget to Check Yourself
Tick Happens- Especially To Brian
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July 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Today is #WorldRabiesDay, a global day of awareness dedicated to rabies prevention and the fight against this disease.
WAHF has backed research exploring innovative vaccine delivery methods to protect bat populations and prevent zoonotic spillover. 🦇
#OneHealth #WildlifeHealth #Zoonoses
WAHF has backed research exploring innovative vaccine delivery methods to protect bat populations and prevent zoonotic spillover. 🦇
#OneHealth #WildlifeHealth #Zoonoses
September 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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