Wildlife Conservation Insights

 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.  Hope you enjoy the travel.      https://www.wildlifevet.nl/ Estellevet.com Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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).    Do not forget to share it and get back to us at Estellevet.com Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

My guest for this episode is Rebecca Richman. Rebecca is a Senior Research Specialist at Morris Animal Foundation. She is also an artist and owns an art studio called studio d'Une. Her goal through her art is to celebrate our love for nature!   She has been part of the Morris Animal Foundation for 12 years.  As an artist, Rebecca strongly supports conservation. Here is what she says: “Fluid, viable relationships bring into focus the connection of one life to another, and the ways in which we impact our planet and are impacted by it. I create images that reveal the inherent bond between species and ecosystems, people and the natural world.”  In this episode we discuss her work within the foundation and how her art participates to conservation.  Rebecca explains how she educates people through her art work from bugs, hummingbirds to darters and aquatic pollution. Every educational message can be painted and a visual is more impactful than a talk!  A little bit of information about Morris Animal Foundation. It is a global leader in supporting scientific research that advances veterinary medicine related to health and quality of life for dogs, cats, horses and wildlife around the world . The studies so far granted have led to better preventions, diagnostic tools, treatment protocols and even cures for what ails the world’s animals. Some of these breakthroughs have become industry gold standards and are used in every veterinary practice in the United States. Without further due, it is my great pleasure to welcome my guest Rebecca.  Hope you enjoy the travel.   https://www.studiodune.com/ https://www.morrisanimalfoundation.org/ https://www.morrisanimalfoundation.org/article/fostering-wildlife-conservation-through-art Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

 Bonjour!  I am Estelle, your host and this is Wildlife Conservation Insights, the podcast dedicated to the connections between wildlife and human being.      Welcome to Wildlife Conservation Insights! This is episode 13. The podcast is celebrating one year of existence!! It started last June 2021. Thank you for listening to this podcast from all over the world from 74 countries!  I really need your feedbacks to improve this podcast, please do not hesitate to reach out at wildlifeconservationinsights@gmail.com.  My guest for this episode is Suzanne Stone. She is currently the Leader of International Wildlife Coexistence Network. On the Western front lines of wolf restoration since 1988 including the 1990s Idaho/Yellowstone wolf reintroduction teams, Suzanne developed many of the nonlethal methods used around the world today to minimize wolf and livestock conflicts. She is the founder of the Wood River Wolf Project, a 15-year demonstration study that has proven the effectiveness of nonlethal coexistence strategies over traditional lethal control of wildlife.  She is also a member of the IUCN Canid Specialist Task Force.     Hope you enjoy the travel.       Connect with Us! If you like it, share it!   You can find more about International Wildlife Coexistence Network on the website estellevet.com under episode 13.    https://www.facebook.com/wildlifeconservationinsights      https://wildlifecoexistence.org/blog/wildlife-coexistence-its-time-for-transformative-change/  Adaptive use of nonlethal strategies for minimizing Wolf-sheep conflict in Idaho. Stone et al. 2017. Journal of Mammalogy  Compensation and Non-lethal Deterrent Programs: Building Tolerance for Wolf Restoration in the Rockies. 2009. In book: A New Era for Wolves and People Wolf Recovery, Human Attitudes, and Policy Edition: Energy, Ecology, and the Environment Series Publisher: University of Calgary Press Editors: Musiani, Boitani, Paquet  Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

 Bonjour! I am Estelle, your host and this is Wildlife Conservation Insights, the podcast dedicated to the connections between wildlife and human being.  This is episode 12.  My guest for this episode is Stuart Chapman. Mr. Chapman is currently the Leader of Tigers Alive Initiative, a program of the WWF International.   Since the age of 5, Stuart wanted to be a naturalist. A lifelong conservationist and vocal advocate for nature, he has lived and worked in Asia for 20 years starting his international career as a ranger trainer in Wolong Panda Reserve in China in 1991. In 2019, Stuart was appointed as WWF’s Tigers Alive Initiative leader with the goal of doubling the number of tigers in the wild by 2022 and is now based in Nepal.  In this episode, we discussed about his passion; what he belives in and the fact that staying open to opportunities aligned with your passion will lead you where you need to be.  Hope you enjoy the travel.    https://www.worldwildlife.org/experts/stuart-chapman Estellevet.com: episode 12 https://www.facebook.com/wildlifeconservationinsights  Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

 Bonjour!  I am Estelle, your host and this is Wildlife Conservation Insights, the podcast dedicated to the connections between wildlife and human being.  Welcome to Wildlife Conservation Insights! This is episode 11.  My guest for this episode is a friend and wildlife veterinarian Dr. Maaike de Schepper. We met back in 2019 in Zimbabwe while attending the Wildlife capture Africa trust in Malilangwe. As you can imagine it was an incredible adventure.  I want to share with you the current work Maaike is doing.  Maaike is currently a wildlife veterinarian working for the NGO called NaanKuSe based in Namibia. The Naankuse Foundation is a conservation charity dedicated to preserving the landscapes, cultures and wildlife of Namibia. It is world-famous conservation organization, that has a global approach: working to preserve animals, ecosystem and working closely with local communities.   During my conversation with Maaike, we talked about few missions Maaike was involved in and how her work participates in species conservation as well as her close involvement with the local communities.  Hope you enjoy the travel.      Connect with Us! If you like it, share it!  You can find more about Maaike on the website estellevet.com under episode 11.   https://www.facebook.com/wildlifeconservationinsights  Be sure and connect with Maaike on Instagram after listening to this episode under the_desert_vet  https://naankuse.com/  Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

 Bonjour! I am Estelle, your host and this is Wildlife Conservation Insights, the podcast dedicated to the connections between wildlife and human being. You want to know more about wildlife? About whats going on: Why some species are getting endangered? What are the challenges our world is facing? You want to meet people that dedicate their life to save animal species? You want to be proactive and also participate in species conservation? This podcast is for you!!!  Welcome to Wildlife Conservation Insights! This is episode 10.  This episode is very special as it was recorded live. My guest Dr. Cecile Gaspar invited me to French Polynesia to help her out with diagnostic and medical treatments of sick sea turtles. It is one of this time when you connect deeply with someone and that gives you new hope for our planet, faith in what you are doing and energy. We discussed about her NGO te mana o te moana, her work with sea turtles, ocean conservation and the fact that nothing is given: you have to go get what you want and believe in your projects.  Te mana o te moana, a NGO meaning “spirit of the ocean” has three objectives: education, conservation and research on the Polynesian marine environment. Jean-Michel Cousteau and the French astronaut Jean-François Clervoy are its ambassadors.   Cecile is an official sea turtle expert for IUCN. She developed a dedicated sea turtle clinic in Moorea, which has welcomed more than 600 sick and injured turtles to this day. She has set up a long-term green turtle nesting monitoring program on Marlon Brando’s Tetiaroa atoll since 2007. Her foundation has developed educational programs and received over 100,000 children up to date. The foundation is one of the leaders of the AME (aires marines éducatives) Educative Marine Area concept in French Polynesia. Cécile has and still continues to inspire new generations.   Cécile Gaspar has been honored as a Knight of the National Order of Merit in 2012.      Hope you enjoy the travel.      Connect with Us! If you like it, share it!  You can find more about Cécile on my website estellevet.com under episode 10.   https://www.temanaotemoana.org/  https://www.instagram.com/temanaotemoana/     Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

This is Whats'going on in the wildlife side Bonus 2 of the show Wildlife Conservation Insights.  I am Estelle, a French veterinarian, specialist in zoological medicine. In this bonus I will share with you a special focus on koala and okapi conservation and we will then move on to a hot topic: COVID-19 in ungulates and gorillas. This bonus will then end on an Ocean note.  Ready? Go!    https://news.mongabay.com/2022/02/refuge-of-endangered-african-unicorn-threatened-by-mining-poaching-habitat-loss/   https://www.science.org/content/article/news-glance-new-fda-chief-nighttime-wildfires-and-endangered-koalas  https://news.mongabay.com/2022/02/call-for-covid-rules-that-reduced-infections-in-gorilla-parks-to-remain/  https://haveyoursay.awe.gov.au/koala-recovery-plan     Vanessa L. Hale, et al.  (2022) SARS-CoV-2 infection in free-ranging white-tailed deer. Nature volume 602, pages481–486   Gilardi, K. V., & Uwingeli, P. (2022). Keep mountain gorillas free from pandemic virus. Nature, 602(7896), 211-211. doi:10.1038/d41586-022-00331-z  Mazet, J. A., et al. (2020). Human respiratory syncytial virus detected in mountain gorilla respiratory outbreaks. EcoHealth, 17(4), 449-460. doi:10.1007/s10393-020-01506-8  Palacios, G., et al.  (2011). Human metapneumovirus infection in wild mountain gorillas, Rwanda. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 17(4), 711-713. doi:10.3201/eid1704.100883  Flowers, K., et al. (2022). Varying reef shark abundance trends inside a marine reserve: Evidence of a Caribbean reef shark decline. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 683, 97-107. doi:10.3354/meps13954  Senko et al., Net illumination reduces fisheries bycatch, maintains catch value, and increases operational efficiency, Current Biology (2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.12.05095  Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

This is Whats'going on in the wildlife side Bonus 1 of the show Wildlife Conservation Insights.  I am Estelle, a French veterinarian, specialist in zoological medicine. In this bonus I will share with you a special focus on species loss (species going extinct and new species facing new threats) and end with two really neat news about Ocean protection! Ready? Go!  https://www.traffic.org/publications/reports/species-in-bushmeat-trade-in-cameroon-and-the-republic-of-congo/   https://news.mongabay.com/2022/01/ecuador-to-announce-creation-of-hermandad-marine-reserve-off-galapagos-commentary/ https://www.unep.org/championsofearth/laureates/2021/sea-women-melanesia Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Bonjour! I am Estelle, your host and this is Wildlife Conservation Insights, the podcast dedicated to the connections between wildlife and human being. You want to know more about wildlife? About whats going on: Why some species are getting endangered? What are the challenges our world is facing? You want to meet people that dedicate their life to save animal species? You want to be proactive and also participate in species conservation? This podcast is for you!!!  Welcome to Wildlife Conservation Insights, and Happy New Year 2022!   This is episode 9: our first episode of the year. I have been very busy these past few months and I am very happy to be back to share this new episode with you.  Today my guest is a very talented veterinarian!: Dr. Friederike Pohlin.  Today we discussed about her PhD focused on welfare improvement during rhino translocations. We talk about the importance of getting out of your comfort zone. Dr. Pohlin shared her recent experience at the IUCN global youth submit and share with us the fact that “We are the last generation that create a more sustainable future for all, We can not afford not to talk about climate change”.  Finally we share the need to work together to make a positive change and the Importance of transgenerational interactions.     Hope you enjoy the travel.   Connect with Us!   If you like it, share it! You can find more about Fidu on my website estellevet.com under episode 9.  https://www.vetmeduni.ac.at/en/research-institute-of-wildlife-ecology/working-groups-units/wildlife-medicine   https://www.instagram.com/estelle_vet   Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

 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).  Hope you enjoy the travel.   Connect with Us!    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/     https://www.instagram.com/estelle_vet   Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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    Hope you enjoy the travel.  Connect with Us!  Website : estellevet.com  Go to Podcast > Episode #7 to know more about Geri's work Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/estelle_vet  Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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.     Hope you enjoy the travel.   Connect with Us!   Website : estellevet.com   Go to Podcast > Episode #6 to know more about Dr. Fidy  https://fidyras.wordpress.com/  https://www.mahaliana.org/fidy  Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/estelle_vet   Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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. Connect with Us!   Website: https://estellevet.com   Go to Podcast > episode #5 to know more about Dr. Norton  https://www.jekyllisland.com/dr-terry-norton/  https://gstc.jekyllisland.com/   Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/estelle_vet    Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

 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”.     Hope you enjoy the travel.   Connect with Us!   Website |https://estellevet.com      Go to Podcast > episode #4 to know more about Dr. Deem  http://www.drsharondeem.com/   https://www.stlzoo.org/conservation/institute-for-conservation-medicine   Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/estelle_vet   Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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". Hope you enjoy the travel.  Connect with Us!  Website | https://estellevet.com  Go to Podcast > episode #3 to know more about Megan Stolen work    Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/estelle_vet   Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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.”   Hope you enjoy the travel.  Connect with Us!  Website | https://estellevet.com  Go to Podcast > episode #2 to know more about Dr. Andrea work and andrebogomolni.com     Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/estelle_vet  Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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…  Hope you enjoy the travel. Connect with Us! Website | https://estellevet.com Go to Podcast > episode #1 to know more about Dr. Markus Hofmeyr work as well as rhino conservation challenges. Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/estelle_vetHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

  Welcome to Wildlife Conservation Insights, I am Estelle, a French veterinarian who specialized into zoological and aquatic medicine and I am passionate about wildlife. This podcast focuses on the role of human being on animal species conservation and on how each individual human being, you and me, can help protect and preserve animal species. “If we can teach people about wildlife, they will be touched. Because humans want to save things that they love.” Let’s dig deeper...   Website | https://estellevet.com Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/estelle_vetHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.