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to a traditional Indian wedding that was the international partnership helps to The serious message is that wildlife
taking place on site and were treated to keep these low, not just as a one-off, but health has never faced greater
a daily yoga session lead by Pat Shuen, year after year. challenges. Our veterinary and science
course participant and BVetMed (1997). graduates are well-equipped to
Any graduates reading this who have
It is fantastic to attend these courses and studied on any of the RVC’s Wild contribute to the international pool
of expertise, but often need further,
see how appreciative the participants Animal or Wildlife Health courses (BSc, specialised training. Learning to work
are, especially those from India. For MSc, or MSci) should be receiving a with colleagues from other backgrounds
those of us used to European or US weekly communication from the WHB’s and cultures is a huge benefit of this sort
environments, courses like this are Wild Animal alumni network. If you are of course; I think that participants only
rare, but they do pop up every now and alumni and not receiving this, please do realise how much value to place on that
again. Again and again though, I hear get in touch. The newsletter contains skill after attending the course.
from the Indian veterinarians that there is wildlife health news, jobs postings, and
absolutely nothing else like this available alumni career updates. More details Huge thanks to all the Wildlife Health
for them. Several of the participants we on the WHB is available in our recent Bridge – and here’s to the next one!
met are already working in zoos or nature publication in the Journal of One Health
reserves but have received no additional & Implementation Research (Meredith
training beyond their initial veterinary et al., 2022). And if you are interested in
degree. Indian government funding coming on the 2024 course, please visit Photo credits: Prof. Parag Nigam,
covers costs for local participants, and the course website: www.iwah.org Wildlife Institute of India

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