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In the news From Reactive to Predictive Care: A Conversation on AI and Animal Health
WildAlert is mentioned in The Animal Echo. The article explores how AI is transforming animal care, with insights from two of our WildAlert partners.
The Animal Echo (WOAH) · July 8, 2025
In the news Wildlife Rehabilitation Podcast: From Rescue to Release
Co-founder Rachel Avilla is interviewed on a podcast made for licensed wildlife rehabilitators and the veterinarians who support them.
Raptor, University of Minnesota · June 23, 2023
In the news How Wildlife Rescuers Can Protect Public Health
A look at the monitoring system that tracks trends in wildlife illness and death, and what those trends can tell us about human health.
The Revelator · September 9, 2021
In the news This AI Helps Detect Wildlife Health Issues in Real Time
How our founders have spent more than a decade standardizing wildlife record-keeping across hundreds of wildlife rehabilitation centers.
WIRED · August 16, 2021
In the news Detecting Wildlife Illness and Death With a New Early Alert System
The first peer-reviewed paper describing the Wildlife Morbidity and Mortality Event Alert System that became WildAlert.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B · July 14, 2021
In the news Tracking Wildlife Death and Disease With a New Early Alert System
UC Davis on the early-detection system built from data contributed by California wildlife rehabilitation organizations.
UC Davis · July 13, 2021
In the news Helping Hands
A magazine feature on the people doing wildlife rehabilitation, and the record-keeping that makes their work add up to something larger.
Wild Hope Magazine · June 11, 2020
In the news The Miracle of OWRMD
Christine Fiorello, DVM, PhD writes about building OWRMD to document animal care during oil spill response.
Oiled Wildlife Care Network · January 3, 2017Stories From the Work That Matters
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