Wildlife Health Talks
This is the podcast of the Wildlife Disease Association (WDA, https://www.wildlifedisease.org). Our host Dr Catharina Vendl chats with wildlife health professionals including researchers, vets, pathologists and more, about the joys and challenges of their job and the emerging issues of wildlife health locally and worldwide. All of our guests have a longstanding affinity with the WDA and a true passion for wildlife in common. So brush up your knowledge of current wildlife issues and One Health with Wildlife Health Talks.
Podcasting since 2023 • 79 episodes
Wildlife Health Talks
Latest Episodes
#79 Justorien and the Fight for Madagascar's Lemurs
Dr. Justorien Rambeloniaina grew up in northeastern Madagascar watching lemurs captured and killed, not yet knowing they were among the world's most endangered primates. Today he's fighting for them on every front, reconnecting fragmented fores...
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Season 4
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Episode 79
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24:42
#78 Conversations with Women of Wildlife (A Panel Discussion on the occasion of International Women's Day)
Six women. Five continents. Decades of experience spanning wildlife veterinary practice, disease research, government policy, and international conservation. Recorded for 2026 International Women's Day, this episode brings together an extraordi...
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Season 4
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Episode 78
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37:29
#77 Steve and Some Good Gnus in Southern Africa
What if the very fences built to protect livestock have been quietly driving one of Africa's greatest wildlife crises? Professor Steve Osofsky, one of the architects of the One Health movement, has spent over 30 years trying to solve exactly th...
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Season 4
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Episode 77
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29:27
#76 Andrew and the Future of Wildlife Hospitals (Australia)
What if the key to saving more wildlife isn't treating more animals, but preventing them from ending up in hospitals in the first place? In this episode, host Dr. Cat Vendl speaks with Dr. Andrew Hill, a senior veterinarian at Currumbin Wildlif...
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Season 4
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Episode 76
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28:52
#75 Dennise and the Wild Cats of Costa Rica
Journey to Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula with wildlife veterinarian Dennise Ortiz, who tracks pumas and ocelots to answer a critical question: do biological corridors connecting fragmented forests actually work?From midnight captures to ana...
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Season 4
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Episode 75
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21:55