Wildlife Conservation Insights – Details, episodes & analysis

 My guest for this episode is Dr. Martine Van Zijll Langhout.  It was a real pleasure to have
this chat! Her passion for wildlife is tangible. 

Her passion for wildlife conservation and medicine took Martine to many wild places in the world, where she worked with a wide range of wildlife species. Currently she's head of the veterinary department in Amsterdam Zoo and next to her work, she wrote a book about her life in the wilderness and what we human can learn from wildlife (Over Leven in het Wild). The enthusiastic reactions from readers inspired her to get a degree in life coaching and since then she's helping people to stay close to their heart and follow their dreams, which she's thoroughly enjoying. 

In this episode, we discussed about the importance of living the present moment, the fact that it is not easy to find your own way :"it does not come easy, things are difficult, embrace when it is difficult, you have a high chance when you persevere" and her "go with the flow" way of thinking. I loved her mindset: " see where life takes you instead of trying to really be rigid about the way you want it". Her advices are invaluable for everyone, from young scientists to be to older veterinarian specialist as myself!

We also chat about the role of zoological institutions and conservation of wild species. We as humans, also have to realize that "the world is not made around us", we are part of it and it is a good reminder about humility and deep appreciation.

Without further due, it is my great pleasure to welcome my guest Martine. 

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This is Whats'going on in the wildlife side Bonus 3 of the show Wildlife Conservation Insights. 

I am Estelle, a French veterinarian, specialist in zoological medicine.

In this bonus I will share with you 3 news:

 - The first news is a fun factoid: Aye-aye do nose picking using their very long middle finger- This finding has recently been published in the journal of Zoology 

- The second news has been recently published in Science and is pretty cool I think: Canine distemper virus select for mate choice and coat color in wolves. 

- The third news is a microbiome study in a special mustelid: the American marten.   

Ready? Go!   

A review of nose picking in primates with new evidence of its occurrence
in Daubentonia madagascariensis A.-C. Fabre et al. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.13034 

Disease outbreaks select for mate choice and coat color in wolves 

CUBAYNES et al. SCIENCE 20 Oct 2022 Vol 378, Issue 6617 pp. 300-303 

DOI: 10.1126/science.abi8745   

The gut microbiome of wild American marten in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, PLoS ONE (2022).   

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 Welcome to Wildlife Conservation Insights, This is episode 8.   

Today my guest is also very special! He is a French wildlife veterinarian!: Dr. Marc Ancrenaz. 

Marc is the co-founder of the French NGO Hutan, and run the Kinabatangan Orang-Utan Conservation Programme (KOCP), a community-based initiative located in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. He is a co-founder of PONGO Alliance that aims to make coexistence between orangutans and people within agricultural landscapes a reality; the co-founder of the “Borneo Futures Initiative” that aims at providing cutting edge science to increase awareness, collaboration and understanding amongst decision makers, media, NGOs and the general public in Borneo; and a scientific adviser for the Sabah Wildlife Department. His expertise includes wildlife research, medicine, population management and policy formulation with 30 years of experience in wildlife range countries (Gabon, Congo, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and Malaysia). 

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You can find more about Marc on my website estellevet.com under episode 8.  https://www.hutan.org.my/ 

https://www.facebook.com/hutankocp 

https://www.borneofutures.org/  

 
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Welcome to Wildlife Conservation Insights, This is episode 7.  

Today my guest is an artist! I am very happy about it and I hope there will be more episodes to come chatting with artists! I am very deeply convinced that science and art
have a lot in common. 

So my guest today is Geraldine Simmons. She is a member of Artists for Conservation and works from her home studio located on Sydney’s northern beaches, Australia.

During her travels in 2005 with Friends of the National Parks Foundation in the deep jungles of Borneo, she was captivated by orang-utans and Indonesian wildlife.  This
was the catalyst for her mission to raise funds and awareness for endangered wildlife.  

Geraldine has exhibited both nationally and internationally accepting many invitations to
donate her works to significant animal conservation groups and campaigns. You can know more about Geri’s work on artistsforconservation.org and geraldineswildlifeart.com  

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Welcome to Wildlife Conservation Insights Podcast. This is Episode 6.  

Today my guest is Dr. Fidisoa Rasambainarivo. 

Fidy and I met back in 2012 in Lyon, France, at the joint conference of the WDA and EWDA. At that time, I was still a vet student and Fidy was doing his master’s degree. 

Dr. Rasambainarivo is a wildlife veterinarian interested in the ecological approaches of health and particularly the “One Health” concept and the field of “Conservation Medicine”. He studies the multiple interactions between human, domestic animal and wildlife health in Madagascar such as lemurs, rodents and carnivores. He obtained his PhD in Biology at the University of Missouri Saint Louis, USA. 

Fidy will tell us more about his research being done in Madagascar and how it is possible. Fidy will also tell us about Mahaliana, a company he co-founded: to help develop research and train students and veterinarians in Madagascar. This is all about building local capacity in Conservation medicine. 

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https://www.mahaliana.org/fidy 

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Welcome back to Wildlife Conservation Insights Podcast. This is Episode 5.  

We had a little break during this summer time!

Today is a very special episode: my guest is Dr. Terry Norton. Terry is one of my mentors and he has been my inspiration for many years. He is the reason I did a residency in zoological and aquatic medicine; making me understand that everything is possible if you work hard and are passionate. 

Dr. Norton is a wildlife veterinarian. He became a Diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine in 1992. Since then, he has provided veterinary care for White Oak Conservation Center, Riverbanks Zoo, North Carolina State Zoo and the Wildlife Conservation Society’s St. Catherines Island Wildlife Survival Center. He founded the Georgia Sea Turtle Center based on Jekyll Island in Georgia. Not only he provides veterinary care for animals of his center but he also provides veterinary care for the Turtle Survival Alliance’s Turtle Survival Center, and St. Catherines Island Foundation programs.  

Dr. Norton has worked around the world on numerous projects including Bali mynah
reintroduction in Indonesia, lemur health assessments in Madagascar, and sea turtle wildlife conservation efforts in Costa Rica. 

In this episode we will talk about The Georgia Sea Turtle Center based in Jeykyll Island (GA). We will discuss this importance of believing in your projects and dreams, of (re)connecting with nature and of course of following your hearts and hard work. 

Hope you enjoy the travel! Have a closer look about this episode on my website under episode #5.

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 https://www.jekyllisland.com/dr-terry-norton/ 

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 Welcome to Wildlife Conservation Insights Podcast. This is Episode 4.  

Today I chatted with Dr. Sharon Deem.   Dr. Deem is a wildlife veterinarian and epidemiologist. She is board certified from the American College of Zoological Medicine with a professional focus on diseases shared between domestic animals, wildlife, and people, and the impact of environmental change and human interactions on the health of wildlife populations.   Sharon has conducted conservation medicine projects in 30 countries around the world including health-monitoring program for gorillas in central Africa, health assessments of sea turtles in Africa and the Americas, health and ecological studies of maned wolves in Bolivia, health care of working elephants in Asia, and avian and giant tortoise studies in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.   Sharon is currently the director of the Saint Louis Zoo Institute for Conservation Medicine.   

In this episode we will talk about One Health that is “ a rolling movement, an initiative where many different disciplines come together to optimize the health of human and non-human animals, plants and the environment that sustained us.” People start to realize that “We are all connected: our health is dependent on animal health.” The great thing about One Health is that it is “all about finding solutions.”   

Dr. Deem will walk us through some projects she worked or is working on to illustrate the power of One Health.  

“Deciding to preserve our planet is everyone’s matter: Yes! One person does matter”  

It is the time to “use your voice and amplify it”, this is our opportunity to listen, understand and take action, “be part of the solution”. 

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Go to Podcast > episode #4 to know more about Dr. Deem 

http://www.drsharondeem.com/
 

https://www.stlzoo.org/conservation/institute-for-conservation-medicine  

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Welcome to Wildlife Conservation Insights Podcast. This is Episode 3. 

Today I chatted with Megan Stolen a research scientist at Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute in Florida. Megan is an expert in marine mammal biology and stranding investigation. She also studies North American river otters which includes citizen science approach, as part of One Health. She works at the interface of ecology, conservation medicine and forensics.   

She explains how she got involved in the marine mammal field. She told us why during cetacean stranding, it is important to pass on information to the general public and how everybody can create change in the world. "Without explaining science to the world, science does not really do anything as far as Conservation goes".

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Welcome to Wildlife Conservation Insights Podcast. This is Episode 2. 

Today I chatted with Dr. Andrea Bogomolni, a researcher, artist and naturalist. Her research is directed towards understanding and interpreting interdisciplinary aspects of Ocean Health, and has largely focused on pathogen transmission in marine animals and the marine environment within the framework of One Health. She co-founded and currently chair the Northwest Atlantic Seal Research Consortium.  

Listening to Andrea always gives me a great energy for the day! She brings hope and has a communicative positive attitude. She strongly believes in what she does. For her it is crucially important to find a way for people, sharks and pinnipeds to “live together and coexist together”. It is time to solve problem together, to improve our way of understanding the ecosystem to protect it better. “We are all connected and connected to the Ocean”. Remember “one person can do a lot and you are not alone, there is a big community out there that want to help.”  

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Welcome to Wildlife Conservation Insights Podcast. This is Episode 1.

Today I chatted with Dr. Markus Hofmeyr, a wildlife veterinarian who has extensive expertise working with African carnivores, herbivores and megavertebrates. He is currently Chief Conservation Officer for the Great Plains Conservation Foundation & Rhinos without Borders since 2017. He shares his vision about Conservation, One Health and the challenges to save charismatic megavertebrates such as rhinoceroses. He talks about the need for an integrated view to tackle rhinoceroses' Conservation as well as the need to change the way we behave, from an individual level… 

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Go to Podcast > episode #1 to know more about Dr. Markus Hofmeyr work as well as rhino conservation challenges.

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