S5E9 Wild Alert with Rachel Avilla, Pranav Pandit, and Terra Kelly, co-hosted with Julia Ponder Part 1
From Wildlife Rehabilitation: From Rescue to Release by Gail Buhl
February 14, 2026 · 53 min
About this episode
Gail Buhl and Julia Ponder discuss the Wild Alert initiative with its team members, exploring their roles and current projects.
“Every single wildlife rehabilitator is important, big or small…” - Rachel Avilla In this conversation, Gail and her first co-host, Julia Ponder, a clinical wildlife veterinarian with a background in public health, speak 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 what Wild Alert is, what it does, and the projects they are currently working on. In the next episode, they take a deeper dive into how the system is used. 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
People in this episode
Hosts: Gail Buhl, Julia Ponder
Guests: Rachel Avilla, Terra Kelly, Pranav Pandit
Topics covered
- wildlife rehabilitation
- epidemiology
- public health
- Wild Alert
- One Health
- wildlife health
Keywords
- wildlife rehabilitation
- Wild Alert
- epidemiologist
- One Health
- public health
- wildlife health
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
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