Our nine ambassador animals have diverse nutrition needs that require a lot of planning and preparation. Each ambassador also has their favorite (and least favorite) foods. In developing their regular diets and treats, we cater to their individual preferences to optimize their health and welfare daily. Our avian ambassadors and ball python, Bucket, eat almost […]
The Non-traditional Species Club (NTS) at the UIUC College of Vet Med is excited to offer its 3rd annual Wildlife University symposium this year. This virtual 2-day event will run from October 22nd-23rd and will cover many topics on the management of zoo and wildlife species. Also, an exciting in-person workshop is available to UIUC […]
September 29th marks the annual Goose Day holiday! On this day, the Wildlife Medical Clinic wants to celebrate one of the largest and most populous of birds in the Urbana-Champaign area – the Canada goose. Every year, the Wildlife Medical Clinic sees 50 to 100 Canada geese brought to us by members of the public. […]
This summer 14 undergraduate students had the opportunity to volunteer at the Wildlife Medical Clinic. They were able to gain valuable hands-on animal experience caring for the orphaned animals in our clinic and assist with various medical procedures! Here are a couple students’ favorite memories from this summer: Marrina White “My favorite memory was getting […]
Here at the Wildlife Medical Clinic, we are all gearing up for the 2022 to 2023 academic school year as these summer months come to an end. This summer we had nearly 800 different patients brought to the clinic by members of the public, and this number will only continue to grow as the school […]
Please join us in welcoming our new House Officers to the Wildlife Medical Clinic: Dr. Danielle Lang and Dr. Aubrey Engel! We are happy to have you a part of the WMC! We reached out to Dr. Lang and Dr. Engel to learn more about them! Interview with Dr. Danielle Lang 1. Where are […]
Dr. Sander and team leaders, Danielle Money and Fayth Kim talk about all the preparation that goes into the academic year as team leaders in the Wildlife Medical Clinic! https://www.wcia.com/ciliving-tv/ciliving-stories/ciliving/wildlife-medical-clinic-status-update-leading-into-academic-year/
The Wildlife Medical Clinic would like to express our extreme gratitude and congratulations to Dr. Zachary Ready, Zoological and Aquatic Animal Resident, and Dr. Balbine Jourdan, Zoological Medicine Specialty Intern, for their time and dedication to the WMC. Over the past year, Drs. Ready and Jourdan have been incredible additions to our team and spectacular educators to our […]
Did you know? An owl can rotate their necks 270 degrees! Here you can make your own owl puppet! Supplies: (insert photo of owl supplies) Construction paper Pens/pencils/markers A small paper bag Glue Scissors Step 1: Using construction paper, draw and cut out the following: 2 sets of circles (for the inner and outer circles […]
At the end of June, we celebrated having our Virginia opossum ambassador, Patty, for one year! Over the course of her first year with us, she went through a complete transformation. Her journey with us started when she was surrendered to the Wildlife Medical Clinic (WMC) to receive life-saving treatment. At that time, Dr. Sander […]