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 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 

 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/  

 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/     

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  

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

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   

 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   

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  

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   

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   

 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   

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