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Monday, December 12, 2011
It’s my very first time to Africa, and my introduction to the wonders of Tanzania and Serengeti National Park has been simply amazing! As a veterinarian passionate about conservation medicine, it has been a treat to see more than 80 native mammals and birds in a few short hours in the Serengeti. Our sightings included a hyena out hunting at dawn, giraffes enjoying the “cleaning” services of a yellow-billed oxpecker and a tawny eagle feeding its eaglet.
Lincoln Park Zoo has helped lead conservation research projects in and around Serengeti National Park. Zoo-affiliated research promotes the health of Tanzania’s wildlife, domestic animals and human communities. Visit the Serengeti Health Initiative website to learn more about the work affiliated with our trip.
Lesanna Lahner
Lesanna Lahner, D.V.M., M.P.H., is a veterinary epidemiology fellow in Lincoln Park Zoo’s Davee Center for Epidemiology and Endocrinology.
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Serengeti Field Diaries
Lincoln Park Zoo is leading the Serengeti Health Initiative, a collaborative effort to preserve the wildlife of this African ecosystem while benefiting local people. Our Serengeti field diaries feature updates as scientists conduct vaccination efforts, collaborate with Tanzanian partners and encounter the Serengeti’s famed wildlife.
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A veterinary surgeon specializing in wildlife medicine, Felix is Lincoln Park Zoo's new Director of Tanzanian Programs, with responsibility for the Serengeti Health Initiative and Gombe Field Research.
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Anna Czupryna
A graduate student in the department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Anna is studying how rabies vaccination campaigns of domestic dogs in villages around Serengeti National Park affect population dynamics.
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