About this episode

Gail and Julia continue their discussion with the Wild Alert team about the system's functionality and future goals.

In the second part of this conversation, Gail and this episode’s co-host, Julia Ponder, a clinical wildlife veterinarian with a background in public health, continue speaking with members of the Wild Alert team: Rachel Avilla, President, Co-Founder, and Executive Director of The Wild Neighbors Database Project; Terra Kelly, an epidemiologist and wildlife health specialist; and Pranav Pandit, a One Health epidemiologist. They discuss how Wild Alert functions at the state level, describe the individual user experience, and outline their future goals for the system. Special thanks to our guests, Partners For Wildlife, and The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. Resources mentioned: https://wildalert.org/ www.wildneighborsdp.org https://www.usgs.gov/centers/nwhc/science/whispers Interested in learning more about WRMD?

People in this episode

Host: Gail Buhl

Guests: Julia Ponder, Rachel Avilla, Terra Kelly, Pranav Pandit

Topics covered

• wildlife rehabilitation
• public health
• epidemiology
• One Health
• Wild Alert
• state-level wildlife management

Keywords

• wildlife
• rehabilitation
• epidemiologist
• public health
• One Health
• Wild Alert
• state-level management

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Wild Neighbors Database Project, Partners For Wildlife, The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, Wild Alert, USGS

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