There are more captive tigers than wild tigers on Earth. A study of the genetic diversity of captive tigers finds that they are not more inbred than wild tigers but do not represent a reservoir of genetic diversity that has been lost in the wild. In PNAS: ow.ly/hFjM50TwgA3
So proud of Erin Casper for her brilliant MSc thesis defense today, on the development of dynamic indicators of resilience in wild rodents @ucalgaryvetmed
So proud of Olivia for her excellent MSc thesis defense on liver fluke distribution in Elk Island National Park @ucalgaryvetmed Thank you to @ParksCanada and @ConserveAlberta for supporting this research.
Look what just arrived from Australia 💌📫
Proud to have completed Homeward Bound’s transformational 12-month leadership program alongside ~100 women in STEMM representing 21 nationalities from around the world.
New @HebblewhiteLab paper - Resource‐driven changes in wild boar movement and their consequences for the spread of African Swine Fever in the Russian Far East - Waller - Wildlife Biology - Wiley Online Library nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
Researchers at the @ucalgaryvetmed are studying distribution and ecology of #wildboar and their potential to spread infectious diseases to #livestock.
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Excellent 3 days with the Wildlife Health Intelligence Network (WHIN) steering committee, moving forward with transformative changes in the global implementation of wildlife health surveillance