Learn wildlife medicine, rescue, rehab and release…from anywhere in the world
“Wildlife Veterinary Medicine Panama” was designed by Dr. Chloe Buiting, The Jungle Doctor, for students looking to gain clinical experience in wildlife medicine. Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a sloth vet? Or treat some of the world’s most endangered wildlife? The Virtual Wildlife Veterinary Medicine Panama Internship might be for you – now open for enrollment!
Highlights
In addition to your up-close observations and shadowing, you’ll get to:
- Learn from wildlife veterinarians who work on the frontline of wildlife conservation in Panama
- Virtually shadow a busy veterinary clinic that specializes in the treatment of wildlife and exotic pets
- Virtually shadow veterinarians at Panama’s busiest wildlife rescue facility, which specializes in sloth rehabilitation
- Join recorded medical rounds in the veterinary clinic to discuss current hospital in-patients and cases, and have the opportunity to ask questions
- Learn to perform a clinical exam on a sloth
- Learn to perform clinical examinations on reptiles, small mammals, and birds of prey based on demos with real patients
- Dedicated lectures in the handling and restraint of reptiles, small mammals, and birds of prey [Woman holding a mother monkey with her baby clutching on her back.]
- Learn about common diseases and injuries of Central American wildlife and their medical management
- Hear from veterinarians who have worked with victims of the illegal wildlife trade and learn, first-hand, about the effects this industry is having on critically endangered wildlife of Central and South America
- Learn about the rehabilitation process from rescue to release
- Complete a workshop in wildlife X-ray techniques
- Complete a workshop on wildlife necropsies
- Learn from wildlife veterinarians who work on the frontline of wildlife conservation in Panama
- Learn about some of the biggest threats to Panama’s wildlife – including deforestation, over-development, poaching, power lines through the rainforest and the illegal pet trade
- Perform a complete physical exam on a sloth
Overview
The Wildlife Veterinary Medicine Panama Virtual Internship will give you the opportunity to virtually learn from veterinarians in a veterinary clinic serving wildlife, exotics, and small animals, as well as those working in a busy wildlife rehabilitation facility, which has an emphasis on the rehabilitation and release of sloths.
[Dr. Julio Reyes holding a kinkajou a tropical rainforest mammal] Join your instructor, experienced wildlife veterinarian Dr. Julio Reyes, to learn about the medicine and treatment of Panamanian wildlife. Dr. Reyes is the Medical Director of Centro Veterinario Panamá in Panama City, which sees and treats a range of animals – from companion pets to exotic animals and wildlife.
Dr Reyes is also the consulting veterinarian for APPC Panama, the Pan-American Conservation Association, which is Panama’s leading wildlife rescue organization. Since 2005, the APPC has rescued, rehabilitated, and released more than 5,000 wild animals – including kinkajous, jaguars, porcupines, margays, toucans, monkeys, anteaters, and sloths. With deforestation, over-development, poaching, and the illegal pet trade being some of the biggest threats to wildlife in Panama, the APPC is dedicated to saving the region’s most vulnerable species.
By joining us on this program, you’ll get the chance to learn about the treatment of Central America wildlife – including clinical examinations, handling, restraint, common diseases, and medical therapies. You will also learn about the rehabilitation process and have the opportunity to virtually shadow any surgeries, rescues, or releases!
- Earn a Certificate from Loop Abroad in Basic Wildlife Rescue and Clinical Techniques: Exotic Animal Handling, Restraint, and Medicine
