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Oiled Wildlife

2.2.2008 WHC in the news
TWO SEABIRDS DEAD, 24 INJURED AFTER SUSPECTED OIL SEEPAGE
Ventura County Star
By Hans Laetz, Correspondent
The grebes are being hand-fed and washed at the Oiled Wildlife Care Network's emergency center at San Pedro, supervised by veterinarian Greg Massey. (Not reported: Massey is a UC Davis wildlife
veterinarian and the network is run by UC Davis for the state.)
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=22670

12.29.2007 WHC in the news
OIL SPILL'S EFFECTS 'MOSTLY OUT OF SIGHT': 1 MILE OF SHORELINE NEEDS
TO BE CLEANED IN AFTERMATH OF SHIP HITTING BAY BRIDGE
San Jose Mercury News
By Paul Rogers -- Mercury News
UC Davis spokeswoman Sylvia Wright said that many of the birds released from wildlife centers overseen by the university were fitted with radio collars in order to track their survival rates.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=22361

12.24.2007 WHC in the news
BAY BIRD RESCUE WORKERS BREATHING SIGHS OF RELIEF
Davis Enterprise
By Barry Eberling-McNaughton Newspapers
This front-page article offers an update on the work of the San Francisco Bay Oiled Wildlife Care and Education Center near Cordelia, some six weeks after a large oil spill in San Francisco Bay. The article identifies Michael Ziccardi as director of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network, but omits his and the network's affiliation with UC Davis. Ziccardi is a UC Davis wildlife veterinarian; and the network that he directs is part of the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center, which is a program of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=22324

1.1.2008
VETERINARIANS TO THE RESCUE WHC in the news
JAVMA Online News (Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Assn.) Story describes work of the California Oiled Wildlife Care Network, based at the University of California-Davis School of Veterinary
Medicine, which has begun analyzing rescue procedures to improve oiled birds' chances of survival. Katherine Siquig, a second-year student at the UCD-SVM, is pictured.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=22267

12.1.2007 WHC in the news
TOXIC MARINE ALGAE HURTS, KILLS SEABIRDS
The Associated Press
By Terence Chea
Michael Ziccardi, who heads the Oiled Wildlife Care Network, reports that 70 of the 600 birds affected by the red tide have died, while 530 have been taken to wildlife rescue centers.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=22070

11.29.2007 WHC in the news
AFTER OIL SPILL CLEANUP, SEABIRDS SET FREE IN TOMALES BAY
Marin Independent Journal
By Jim Staats and Mark Prado
Dr. Michael Ziccardi, director of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network, is confident that the freed birds will be safe in Tomales Bay because it is sheltered and within their ecological distribution. Of the 2,750 birds that have been processed at the Cordelia rescue center, 1,694 were collected dead and 1,060 came in alive; 558 have died since their arrival, and another 188 are still being cared for.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=22035

11.29.2007 WHC in the news
BIRDS ON THE BRINK; NO RESCUE: SPILL AID AT FARALLONES CALLED TOO
HARD; MONTEREY BAY EVENT A MYSTERY
San Francisco Chronicle
By Jane Kay
Jay Holcomb, executive director of the International Bird Rescue Research Center, briefly discusses the cost of treating birds and UC Davis' Michael Ziccardi is also mentioned.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=22036

11.21.2007 WHC in the news
CLEAN-UP AFTER THE RECENT SAN FRANCISCO BAY OIL SPILL
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
By Spencer Michels
NewsHour visits the 800 birds still being tested, observed, fed, and cleaned at the Oiled Wildlife Care Network run by the University of California at Davis and interviews Michael Ziccardi, the veterinarian
in charge of the center.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=21985

11.20.2007 WHC in the news
OILED BIRDS BECOME RESEARCH SUBJECTS
CNN.com
By Dawn Stover
Some of the birds are now subjects in studies led by veterinarians at the UC Davis Oiled Wildlife Care Network.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=21944

11.20.2007 WHC in the news
SCHOOL GIRLS AID OILED BIRD RESCUE
KXTV Channel 10 (ABC)
By Dan Adams
A group of students led by 9 -year-old Haley Gee fundraised for the IBRRC after seeing oiled birds fight for their lives.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=21953

11.21.2007 WHC in the news
SCHOOLGIRLS GIVE BIRDS BUCKETS OF LOVE; SAN FRANCISCO BAY OIL SPILL;
YOUNGSTERS INSPIRE ADULTS WITH DOGGED FUNDRAISING
San Francisco Chronicle
By Patricia Yollin
The International Bird Rescue Research Center in Cordelia knows that every donation counts, especially after a young girl helped organize a fund, known as Haley's Bird Rescue Fund, to help save the oiled
birds. IBRRC executive Jay Holcomb is quoted.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=21945

11.21.2007
UC DAVIS STUDIES OILED BIRDS' SURVIVAL WHC in the news
KXJZ-FM (Nat'l Public Radio affiliate, Sacramento)
7 am news: Michael Ziccardi, director of the UC Davis-run Oiled Wildlife Care Network, describes post-release studies of oiled seabirds.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=21946

11.18.2007 WHC in the news
SLICK SALES JOB PAYS OFF; FRUSTRATED BY OFFICIAL EFFORTS, THREE BAY AREA SURFERS RAISE AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS TO HELP CLEAN THE OIL-SOILED SHORE.
The Los Angeles Times
By Eric Bailey
The Oiled Wildlife Care Network operated by UC Davis was flooded with calls from volunteers, so three Bay Area surfers took it upon themselves to help clean up their shores, risking fines and arrest from officials.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=21899

11.19.2007 WHC in the news
SAN FRANCISCO BAY OIL SPILL: TROUBLE WASHES ASHORE; LEAKED FUEL DISTRESSES ENVIRONMENTALISTS, BUSINESSES
San Jose Mercury News
By Lisa M. Krieger
UC Davis spokeswoman Sylvia Wright reports that the total number of oiled birds found dead outnumber those that are living. 1,255 birds have been collected dead, and 1,023 have been collected alive (317 of
these have later died or were euthanized).
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=21910

11.18.2007 WHC in the news
HOW BAY'S SPILL MIGHT CRIPPLE ITS SEA LIFE; 'BUNKER OIL' USED AS FUEL MAY BE MORE DAMAGING THAN CRUDE.
The Sacramento Bee
By Chris Bowman
According to a UC Davis study led by veterinarian Jonna Mazet, the "bunker oil" that spilled over the San Francisco Bay could do significantly more damage to the reproductive systems of marine mammals than the lighter crude oil shipped to refineries. Charles Mohr, a disease expert at the UC Davis veterinary school, has also conducted a study that confirms that bunker oil is more harmful than crude oil.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=21901

11.18.2007 WHC in the news
CLEANUP FIRM, KNOWN TO FEW, IS SUBJECT TO LITTLE OVERSIGHT
San Francisco Chronicle
By Peter Fimrite
Mike Ziccardi, a UC Davis professor and the director of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network, defends the O'Brien's Group by complimenting them on their professional reputation.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=21903

11.9.2007 WHC in the news
SPILL PUTS AREA BIRDS IN DANGER; SLICK FROM SOUTH KOREA-BOUND SHIP THAT STRUCK A BAY BRIDGE TOWER LEAVES TOXIC TRAIL, TURNS RISKY FOR BAY AREA BIRDS.
The Vacaville Reporter
By Barbara Grady and Erik N. Nelson
Michael Ziccardi, director of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network, and other experts warn us not to clean the oiled birds ourselves because fuel oil is very toxic, and the birds need to undergo a special cleaning procedure.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=21852

11.12.2007 WHC in the news
UCD VETS CARING FOR HUNDREDS OF BIRDS
Davis Enterprise
By Nika Megino
As cleanup of the oil spill continues, UC Davis is spearheading the rescue efforts of the wildlife threatened by the toxic substance. Greg Massey, UC Davis wildlife veterinarian, and Mike Ziccardi,
director of the Oiled Wildlife Network, are quoted in this article.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=21849

1.10.2007
SAVING BIRDS: FOR THOSE COATED WITH OIL, MEDICAL EXAM, WASH;
SAN FRANCISCO BAY OIL SPILL
San Francisco Chronicle
By Patricia Yollin
Dr. Greg Massey, a veterinarian at the UC Davis Oiled Wildlife Care Network, is trying to keep bird handling to a minimum because it stresses the bird. Veterinarian Rebecca Duerr is also mentioned.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=21821

11.11.2007 WHC in the news
SPILL'S WIDESPREAD IMPACT; SURPRISE ASSIGNMENT: VOLUNTEERS END UP
DOING ESSENTIAL GRUNT WORK INSTEAD OF CLEANING UP THE OIL-COVERED
BIRDS
San Francisco Chronicle
By Nanette Asimov
Sylvia Wright, spokeswoman for UC Davis and the wildlife center, says volunteers will most likely be busy with support jobs because they lack the skills and expertise to handle the oil-stricken birds.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=21815

11.11.2007 WHC in the news
SAVING OILED BIRDS TAKES TEAMWORK; DOZENS HAVE DIED, BUT A WILDLIFE
CARE CENTER CONTINUES TO HELP AVIAN VICTIMS OF S.F. BAY SPILL
The Sacramento Bee
By Ngoc Nguyen
The Oiled Wildlife Care Network, managed by the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center, has taken in more than 200 live birds at their bird care facility in Cordelia.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=21810

11.11.2007 WHC in the news
VICTIMS OF SPILL: BIRDS, CRABBERS: FRANTIC RESCUE EFFORT QUICKENS AS
OIL SLICK TAKES TOLL ON AVIAN LIFE
San Jose Mercury News
By Lisa M. Krieger
UC Davis veterinarian Mike Ziccardi, director of the statewide Oiled Wildlife Care Network, states that oiled birds who are not rescued usually die from hypothermia because they are unable to hold warm air
against their skin. UC Davis Spokeswoman Sylvia Wright is also quoted.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=21816

11.9.2007 WHC in the news
UC DAVIS LEADS OILED-BIRD RESCUE IN SAN FRANCISCO
Davis Enterprise
By Special to The Enterprise
UC Davis veterinarian and OWCN director Micahel Ziccardi and UC Davis veterinarian Joanna Mazet are both quoted in this article about UC Davis' efforts to save the oiled birds in San Francisco.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=21829

11.11.2007 WHC in the news
CENTER CARES FOR OIL-DRENCHED BIRDS; NUMBER EXPECTED TO RISE IN BAY
TRAGEDY
Contra Costa Times
By Shirley Dang
Greg Massey, a UC Davis wildlife veterinarian, states that we have to be realistic about the situation because birds are going to die. Mike Ziccardi is also quoted in this story.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=21809

11.13.2007 WHC in the news
OIL-SPILL HELPERS GALORE, BUT LIMITS ON THEIR USE
Christian Science Monitor
By Ben Arnoldy
Mike Ziccardi, director of OWCN, a partnership between Fish & Game and UC Davis, states that volunteers are now being incorporated into the cleanup process because of the potential magnitude.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=21795

11.8.2007 WHC in the news
OIL OOZES IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AFTER SHIP HITS BRIDGE
Los Angeles Times (online)
By Eric Bailey, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
Posted at 2:25 pm. Experts from the Oiled Wildlife Care Network, a UC Davis program, have been called in by Fish and Game.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=21779

11.8.2007 WHC in the news
SPILL CLOSES S.F. BEACHES; OIL WASHES UP ON MARIN HEADLANDS
San Francisco Chronicle (online)
By Jonathan Curiel, Peter Fimrite, Jane Kay, Chronicle Staff Writers
Posted at 1 pm: The spill threatens to coat the birds' feathers, making it impossible for them to stay warm when they get into the chilly bay water, said Dr. Mike Ziccardi, director of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network. The UC Davis program organizes the wildlife aid response for the state Department of Fish and Game.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=21780

11.8.2007 WHC in the news
Oil Slick in the San Francisco Bay
ABC30.com - Fresno,CA,USA
We certainly don't want people to get this tar on them because it's extremely sticky, but for humans you can wash it off. A bird or a marine mammal doesn't have that capability," said Brian O'Neill Golden Gate Natl. Recreation Area.
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=local&id=5751325

11.8.2007 WHC in the news
Oil spill takes hit on Bay Area wildlife
abc7news.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
However, it will take days to clean all the creatures fouled by this spill. In past years, the Oiled Wildlife Care Network says that in previous incidents, it has saved about half of them, but hopes to do better this time.

"Even a small amount of oil on the outside, on their feathers, can cause a lot of problems," says Mike Ziccardi, Blue And Gold Fleet.

11.8.2007 WHC in the news
Oil oozes in San Francisco Bay after ship hits bridge
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Experts from the Oiled Wildlife Care Network, a UC Davis program, have been called in by Fish and Game. In addition, the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito ...
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11.8.2007 WHC in the news
Oil spill threatens San Francisco Bay fish and wildlife.
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
... have found dozens of dead and injured seabirds coated in black oil, said Michael Ziccardi, director of the California Oiled Wildlife Care Network. ...
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11.8.2007 WHC in the news
SPILLED OIL IMPACTING WILDLIFE, BUT NOT AIR QUALITY
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
Twenty-one seabirds were receiving treatment early this afternoon, said the University of California, Davis Wildlife Health Center, which is leading several ...
http://cbs5.com/localwire/localfsnews/bcn/2007/11/08/n/HeadlineNews/OIL-RESPONSES/resources_bcn_html

11.8.2007 WHC in the news
UC DAVIS LEADS OILED-BIRD RESCUE IN SAN FRANCISCO
UC Davis wildlife experts are leading the rescue of oiled birds in San Francisco today after a container ship spilled nearly 60,000 gallons of heavy bunker fuel oil into the bay.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=8430

Avian Flu

12.10.2007 WHC in the news
U.S. BIRD-FLU EXPERT CALLS FOR CHANGES IN EARLY-WARNING SYSTEM
chinaview.cn
By Yan Liang, Editor
Walter Boyce, a UC Davis professor of veterinary medicine, notes that a reluctance to share samples prevents health officials from tracking and responding to potential pandemic viruses. Therefore, he suggests that the scientific community set a standard of releasing date no more than 45 days after it is generated.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=22153

4.5.2007 WHC in the news
6 O'CLOCK NEWS 6:00 PM FOX
inewsnetwork.com
At UC Davis, researchers are expanding their studies of the bird flu. The university will become one of six federally funded research programs nationwide charged with preparing the public health community to respond to a possible pandemic.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=19090

4.4.2007 WHC in the news
UCD TO HELP RUN CENTER ON BIRD FLU
The Sacramento Bee
By Deb Kollars - Bee Staff Writer
Front-page story: UC Davis gets $18.5M for one of six NIH centers. Story features Walter Boyce, director of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine's Wildlife Health Center, and UC Davis avian
influenza research programs.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=19084

4.2.2007 WHC in the news
FEDERAL HEALTH AGENCY ALLOTS $160 MILLION FOR FLU RESEARCH
Environment News Service
"This new center is an acknowledgment that the health of people, domestic animals, and wildlife are inextricably entwined, and that veterinary medicine and human medicine really are one medicine," said
Bennie Osburn, dean of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, which will take part in the study.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=19066

4.2.2007 WHC in the news
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES NAMED ONE OF SIX NATIONAL
CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE FOR INFLUENZA RESEARCH
US States News
UC Davis will be working with the Center for Rapid Influenza Surveillance and Research to help study influenza viruses with pandemic potential.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=19048

4.3.2007 WHC in the news
UC Davis to to help expand influenza research program
Sacramento Business Journal
by Kathy Robertson, Staff writer
The University of California, Davis will partner with University of California Los Angeles on a new, $18.5 million national research center that will study pandemic flu viruses, including bird flu.
http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2007/04/02/daily14.html

6.12.2006 WHC in the news
DEBATE OVER PETS' ROLE IN SPREAD OF AVIAN FLU NO CASES PASSED YET BY DOGS OR CATS, BUT EXPERTS WANT STUDY
San Francisco Chronicle
By Bernadette Tansey, Chronicle Staff Writer
Although experts aren't able to give definitive answers about the possible role of pets in bird flu transmission, Walter Boyce at the UC Davis veterinary school wants cat and dog owners to learn about
the issue now. Bruno Chomel, a UC Davis expert on the study of the role of animals in disease transmission, suggests that if certain mutations occur, people might be spreading avian flu to cats.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=15655

4.4.2006
SYMPOSIUM ON BIRD FLU APRIL 15 AT UC DAVIS
Lodi News-Sentinel
UC Davis experts on avian influenza will headline the day-long
symposium, with particular emphasis on the role that wild birds might
play in spreading the infection to humans.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=14768

3.22.2006 WHC in the news
HOW A PANDEMIC TAKES WING: WHILE FEAR OF AVIAN FLU IS SPREADING, THE
DISEASE HAS YET TO CLAIM A SINGLE U.S. VICTIM, HUMAN OR AVIAN. ALL IT
MIGHT TAKE TO CHANGE THAT IS A SINGLE CAT
Business Week (online)
By Catherine Arnst
Walter Boyce, director of the Wildlife Health Center at UC Davis' School of Veterinary Medicine, says that since nobody knows whether the current strain of H5N1 avian influenza will eventually cause a
human pandemic, we should be thinking about what should be done when the virus is found in geese or cats, and how to keep people from panicking.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=14617

3.17.2006 WHC in the news
ARE BUSINESSES PREPARED FOR BIRD FLU IN HUMANS?
KGO-TV (Ch. 7, ABC, San Francisco)
By David Louie
Walter Boyce of the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center told state legislators: "We're anticipating that it's very, very likely that will occur in and will be introduced into the bird populations in Californa within this calendar year."
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=14601

3.17.2006 WHC in the news
INCREASING WORRIES ABOUT BIRD FLU PROMPT SYMPOSIUM
CentralValleyBusinessTimes.com (online)
Experts on avian influenza from the University of California, Davis will headline a daylong symposium organized by Yolo Audubon Society on April 15 on the threat of a global epidemic of bird flu, with particular emphasis on the role that wild birds might play in spreading the infection to humans.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=14599

3.21.2006 WHC in the news
MORE BIRDS TO BE CHECKED FOR FLU
Contra Costa Times
By STAFF, WIRE REPORTS
"We're directly connected to the Asian birds in Alaska. That's where their routes overlap," said Walter Boyce, director of the UC Davis wildlife health center. His group last August began testing Northern
California birds for the avian flu to check for changes in the virus and how it might threaten humans.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=14593

3.18.2006 WHC in the news
SCIENTISTS EXPECT NEW COUNTRIES REPORTING BIRD FLU INFECTIONS ALMOST
EVERY DAY NOW
NBC Nightly News
By ROBERT BAZELL
Walter Boyce of UC Davis' Wildlife Health Center says, "We're basically going to be undergoing a big experiment" with avian influenza, discovering which birds are susceptible to the disease.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=14571

3.18.2006 WHC in the news
POSSIBLE BIRD FLU PANDEMIC: SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
MIKE LEAVITT TALKS ABOUT THE BIRD FLU VIRUS
Saturday Today
By ROBERT BAZELL
Walter Boyce of UC Davis' Wildlife Health Center says that part of the current mystery of avian influenza is that some birds get sick from the virus and die, while others don't.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=14570

3.17.2006 WHC in the news
SYMPOSIUM ON BIRD FLU SCHEDULED
Davis Enterprise
The Yolo Audubon Society is organizing a one-day symposium on avian influenza on April 15, with a number of speakers from UC Davis.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=14592

3.7.2006 WHC in the news
AN UPDATE ON AVIAN FLU
National Public Radio: Diane Rehm Show
Guests include Walter Boyce, professor and director, Wildlife Health Center, University of California, Davis.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=14415

1.1.2006 WHC in the news
WEEK IN REVIEW DESK; IDEAS & TRENDS: IF THE AVIAN FLU HASN'T HIT,
HERE'S WHY. MAYBE.
New York Times
By HOWARD MARKEL.
One source given credit on a map accompanying this commentary was Dr.
Walter Boyce, University of California, Davis.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=13733

Recent Press on the Wildlife Diversity Project

12.13.2005 WHC in the news
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE: FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND REPORT COULD PROVIDE A
BLUEPRINT FOR SAVING STATE'S CRITTERS
Sacramento News and Review
By Chrisanne Beckner
Detailed look at new wildlife conservation plan written for the state
by project manager David Bunn of the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=13545

11.15.2005 WHC in the news
STUDY: 800 SPECIES AT RISK IN CALIF FROM DEVELOPMENT, POLLUTION
The Associated Press
By Don Thompson
Report co-author David Bunn of UC Davis says, "If done with thought and science, we can grow and still maintain a high quality of wildlife habitat in California."
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=13252

Recent Press on Mountain Lions

1.31.2007 WHC in the news
MOUNTAIN LION SURVIVOR READY FOR NEXT STEP
San Francisco Chronicle
By Sabin Russell -- Chronicle Medical Writer
Walter Boyce, director of UC Davis' Wildlife Health Center, says that mountain lion saliva is not much different from that of a house cat -- the germ content is just on a larger scale -- and that wounds
caused by the animals' teeth or claws are quite vulnerable to bacterial infection.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=18381

10.23.2006 WHC in the news
MOUNTAIN LION STUDY
Inland Empire News Radio
By Host: Jerry Gordon
Radio interview with veterinarian T. Winston Vickers, the field veterinarian in a study of mountain lions and their use of habitat in Southern California that's being conducted by UC Davis Wildlife Health Center, a Division of the Vet Med School.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=17537

4.20.2006 WHC in the news
GROUPS TEACH RESIDENTS ABOUT MOUNTAIN LIONS
The San Diego Union-Tribune
By Michele Clock, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
The Embery Institute for Wildlife Conservation teamed up for the campaign with the Wildlife Health Center at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, which is researching mountain lion behavior in San Diego.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=15017

4.17.2006 WHC in the news
PROTECTING YOURSELF FROM A WILD ANIMAL: WILD ANIMAL ATTACKS ARE RARE
ABC: Good Morning, America
By DAN HARRIS
Walter Boyce, director of the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center, says wild animals are more likely to attack children than adults "because kids look more like prey to them." While people tend to think of
animals as their friends, it's important to remember that they are really wild animals, he cautions.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=14938

11.1.2005 WHC in the news
LION'S KILLING HURTS STUDY
The Californian / North County Times (San Diego County)
By LAURA MITCHELL - Staff Writer
The recent killing of a young mountain lion is a setback to a study intended to show how mountain lions move through wildlife corridors, said Walter Boyce, director of the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=13083

10.31.2005 WHC in the news
FLYAWAY NIGHTS LECTURE LOOKS AT LIONS
Daily Democrat
Dr. Walter Boyce, the executive director of the UC Davis Wildlife
Health Center, will discuss his research project on mountain lions in
southern California.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=13076

5.23.2005 WHC in the news
BE ON WATCH FOR COUGARS, FORESTRY OFFICIALS WARN: ALERT: TWO MOUNTAIN
LIONS SPOTTED IN APRIL HAVEN'T BEEN FOUND, SO OFFICIALS WANT HIKERS
TO BE CAUTIOUS.
Press-Enterprise (Inland So. Calif.)
By LEEZEL TANGLAO / The Press-Enterprise
The current location of the lions involved in the incident is unclear
but it appears they moved on, according to Walter Boyce, director of
the Wildlife Health Center at UC Davis, who suspects one lion is one
of three in a WHC study.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=11440

Oiled WIldlife

9.18.2007 WHC in the news
MOCK OIL SPILL PREPARES LOCAL VOLUNTEERS AT PACIFIC WILDLIFE CARE FOR
A REAL DISASTER
KSBY-6
By Stacy Daniel
UC Davis Oiled Wildlife Care Network Director Michael Zicardi discusses the importance of simulations and being prepared for oil spills and emergencies.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=21151

9.19.2007 WHC in the news
SAVING SEABIRDS FROM SLIMY GOO; THE EXERCISE SIMULATES A MYSTERY
SPILL AT AVILA BEACH WITH "BIRDS" CARED FOR AT PACIFIC WILDLIFE CARE
CENTER
The Tribune / SanLuisObispo.com
By David Sneed
Volunteers working with the UC Davis Oiled Wildlife Care Network and Department of Fish and Game officials practiced mobilizing and activating the wildlife hospital's oil spill response center during a
drill.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=21144

8.8.2006 WHC in the news
OIL SPILL SIMULATION DRAMA OFF THE GOLDEN GATE: SAFE SEAS 2006 IS A
DRILL TO MINIMIZE DAMAGE TO BEACHES
San Francisco Chronicle
By Patrick Hoge--Chronicle Staff Writer
"There's a huge potential for impacts in this region on marine mammals and bird species,'' notes Michael Ziccardi, a wildlife veterinarian and professor at UC Davis, of the impact an oil spill
might have on the San Francisco Bay.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=16381

8.7.2005 WHC in the news
ALMOST 200 PELICANS BACK IN WILD AFTER OIL SPILL; NEARLY 700 DIED
The Associated Press
By A.P. staff report
UC Davis veterinarians helped save hundreds of birds that were
victims of an oil spill in Baton Rouge. Greg Massey, UC Davis vet,
led the UC Davis team that treated brown pelicans.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=12126

6.28.2005 WHC in the news
UCD TREATING OILED BIRDS IN LOUISIANA
Davis Enterprise
By Enterprise staff
UC Davis veterinarians Greg Massey and Michael Ziccardi have treated
young pelicans injured in a June 12 oil spill off the coast of
Louisiana. Also mentioned is Jonna Mazet, director of the UC Davis
Wildlife Health Center.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=11766

6.15.2005 WHC in the news
AT LEAST 400 PELICANS KILLED BY OIL SPILL
The Associated Press
More than 60 people have gathered on the site and will be aided by a
bird veterinary team from UC Davis.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=11659

6.15.2005 WHC in the news
CLEANUP LAUNCHED AFTER DEADLY OIL SPILL: 400 PELICANS KILLED IN
BRETON SOUND
New Orleans Times-Picayune
By Mark Schleifstein, Staff writer
A bird veterinary team from the University of California-Davis also
is en route to the area to help.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=11658

Recent Press on West Nile Virus

7.17.2007
BRIGHT BILLS FADING AWAY: MAGPIES IN DECLINE; WEST NILE VIRUS MIGHT
BE CULPRIT
Daily Democrat
By David Martin Olson
In regards to the swiftly dropping population of California's native yellow-billed magpie as a result of the West Nile Virus, Dr. Holly Ernest, who directs the Wildlife and Ecological Genetics Laboratory
at UC Davis, says that "she worries that the species may be entering a genetic 'bottleneck'," which could lead to the loss of come genetic diversity in the population.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=20283

8.16.2006 WHC in the news
KEEPER SAYS BEES THRIVING AFTER SPRAYING
Davis Enterprise
By Cory Golden/Enterprise staff writer
Karl Mogel, who keeps bees at UC Davis Experimental College's community garden, worked with Walter Boyce, the executive director of the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center, and UC Davis entomologists Sharon Lawler and Eric Mussen to see how bees would fare during the spraying of pesticide to curb the spread of West Nile virus.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=16561

8.13.2006 WHC in the news
Daily Democrat
Editorial: Amplifying, clarifying concerns over aerial spraying
Richard T. Roush, interim director, Sustainable Agriculture Research &
Education Program writes, "With respect to predators, Dr. Carla Visha's
comments contrasted with preliminary results obtained last year by Dr.
Walter Boyce and are sharply contradicted by the cover story in Thursday's
Davis Enterprise. I understand that Dr. Visha is a retired psychiatrist, not
what we might recognize as the most qualified source to comment on pest
management issues. In contrast, UC Davis has released contact information
for experts."

8.9.2006 WHC in the news
Davis Enterprise
A test of survival
This article explores the efforts of UC Davis researchers, including Walter
Boyce of the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center, and entomologists Sharon
Lawler and Lynn Kimsey, to determine if aerial spraying for mosquitoes in
Davis would affect any other insects. Most all of the test subjects
survived.

12.18.2005
AREA'S MAGPIES DECIMATED BY WEST NILE VIRUS
Davis Enterprise
By Cory Golden
Holly Ernest, a UC Davis veterinarian and expert in wildlife
populations and genetics, says much more information is needed on the
biology and population of birds because of the impact the West Nile
virus is having on certain bird species.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=13606

12.18.2005 WHC in the news
SOME OFFICIALS ARE NERVOUS THAT YOLO COUNTY COULD BECOME WEST NILE'S
NEXT TARGET
The Sacramento Bee
By Edie Lau and Dorsey Griffith
Walter Boyce, director of the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center, predicts that Yolo County could become a big trouble spot for the West Nile virus this coming summer. While Sacramento County was hit hard by the virus this last year, Yolo County had a mild summer. Boyce made his prediction based upon his observations of crows, which are very sensitive to the virus.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=13585

11.2.2005 WHC in the news
U.C. DAVIS SCIENTISTS TRACK BIRD FLU SPREAD
KPIX Channel 5 (CBS, San Francisco)
Evening news story describes how birds are caught at UC Davis to watch for avian flu. "It is important because if avian flu reaches the wild bird population it will be necessary to know it as soon possible to protect people and poultry." Features researchers Grace Lee and Yvette Hernandez. Note: although the reporter's focus was on Avian Flu, the corvid study is tracking West Nile virus.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=13142

10.18.2005 WHC in the news
WEST NILE COULD BE MAGPIE'S DEMISE: THE YELLOW-BILLED BIRD, FOUND
ONLY IN CALIFORNIA, IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO BEING WIPED OUT, SCIENTISTS SAY
The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, Calif.)
By David Sneed
Walter Boyce, a veterinarian with the UC Davis Wildlife Health
Center, and Holly Ernest, with the universitys Veterinary Genetics
Laboratory, asked the state Department of Fish and Game to assemble a
group of scientists to explore what can be done to stop the loss of
the species.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=12981

9.13.2005 WHC in the news
WEST NILE THREATENS MAGPIE POPULATION
The Los Angeles Times
By Joe Robinson
UC Davis scientists have asked the state Department of Fish and Game to convene a panel of experts to help prevent the loss of magpies to the West Nile virus. Walter Boyce, director of the Wildlife Health
Center, is quoted.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=12565

8.18.2005 WHC in the news
UC DAVIS STUDIES WEST NILE VIRUS IN WILD BIRDS
KOVR Channel 13 (CBS)
By Jason Howe, KOVR-13
At noon (live) and at 6 p.m. (taped), reports aired about UC Davis
research on yellow-billed magpies and the effects of West Nile virus.
Interviewed were Holly Ernest, School of Veterinary Medicine, and
Walter Boyce of the Wildlife Health Center. Also filmed but not named
was field biologist Grace Lee. Transcript to come later.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=12268

8.11.2005 WHC in the news
UCD WILDLIFE EXPERT: AERIAL SPRAYING MAY SPARE FEATHERED FRIENDS
Davis Enterprise
By Cory Golden
Aerial spraying for West Nile virus control should benefit birds as well as people, says Walter Boyce, director of the Wildlife Health Center at UC Davis.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=12252

Fire

12.11.2006 WHC in the news
A REBORN LANDSCAPE EMERGES IN PARK; CUYAMACA RANCHO, RAVAGED BY FIRE
IN 2003, OFFERS INSIGHT ON HOW WILD LANDS RECOVER. THE FUTURE: MORE
OAKS AND FEWER PINES.
The Los Angeles Times
By James Ricci
Walter Boyce, director of the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center, says moutain lions are making heavy use of the Cuyamaca Rancho State Park three years after the catastrophic Cedar fire burned large portions
of the park.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=17881

10.26.2004 WHC in the news
NEW FOREST RISES FROM ASHES; THE FLORA-FAUNA COMPOSITION OF CUYAMACA
STATE PARK HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED BY LAST YEAR'S CEDAR FIRE. NATIVE
WILDFLOWERS, FOR EXAMPLE, NOW FLOURISH.
The Los Angeles Times
By James Ricci
Wildlife biologist Walter Boyce comments on how deer have survived following the fire that burned through Cuyamaca Rancho State Park last year. Boyce says 80 percent of the deer survived and have grown fat on the new vegetation.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cuyamaca26oct26,1,4768114.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Coyote - Human Interaction

8.8.2004 WHC in the news
KEEP OUR LOCAL COYOTES WILD — AND ALIVE
Davis Enterprise
By Will and Walter Boyce
This Op-Ed Page commentary was written by UC Davis Wildlife Health Center professor and veterinarian Walter Boyce and his son, Will Boyce.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=8947

Other Wildlife

10.27.2007WHC in the news
OPINION: DOES LEAD AMMO REALLY HURT THE CONDORS?
Contra Costa Times
By Contra Costa Times
A recent report by scientists at UC Davis states that of the 66 condors released in Southern California, 34 condors died between 1992-2005 and lead toxicity "is believed to be the primary cause of
the deaths in three of these birds."
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=21641

4.14.2007 WHC in the news
CONDOR ADVOCATES TAKE AIM AT LEAD SHOT; A ONCE-ENDANGERED BIRD FACES
ANOTHER POSSIBLE THREAT: LEAD POISONING FROM INGESTED BULLETS AND
PELLETS. SOME HUNTERS ARGUE THERE'S NO PROVEN LINK.
The Sacramento Bee
By M.S. Enkoji -- Bee Staff Writer
Californian condors are in danger of lead poisoning, although experts disagree on its source. A report ordered for the Fish and Game Department through UC Davis concludes that lead in ammunition could
be contributing to higher concentrations of lead measured in condors. But the report stops short of linking lead bullets to any condor deaths, said Steve Martarano, a department spokesman.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=19197

2.13.2007 WHC in the news
INJURED HERON TAKEN UNDER THE WING; WILDLIFE CENTER URGES ANGLERS TO
MIND THEIR LINES
The Sacramento Bee
By M.S. Enkoji -- Bee Staff Writer
UC Davis veterinarians performed a feather transplant on a heron who had been snared in a fishing line. The school is launching a new effort to raise awareness among sport anglers about the perils on
wildlife of discarded fishing gear.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=18541

2.13.2007 WHC in the news
BIRD RELEASED AFTER GETTING FEATHER IMPLANTS
CBS-13 (online)
UC Davis Wildlife Veterinarians, led by Dr. Bill Ferrier, Senior Clinical Veterinarian at UCD, gave an injured bird feather implants after it was found entangled in a fishing line.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=18552

2.12.2007 WHC in the news
HERON RECEIVES FEATHER IMPLANT SURGERY AT UC DAVIS
NBC11 TV (SF-San Jose-Oakland)
UC Davis veterinarians implanted nine feathers into the injured wing of a heron by gluing them into place. The bird was found injured on the UCD campus but is expected to fully recover.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=18549

2.13.2007 WHC in the news
WILDLIFE VETERINARIANS GIVE BIRD FEATHER IMPLANTS
CBS 42
UC Davis wildlife veterinarians gave feather implants to a bird found entangled in fishing line and hanging from a tree on campus.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=18551

1.20.2007
YOU CAN'T POOH-POOH THIS ISSUE
The Sacramento Bee
By Steve Wiegand
Pat Conrad, a professor of parasitology at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, is mentioned in an article about the parasite Toxoplasma gondii that can be a major health threat to pregnant women
and people with weakened immune systems.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=18275

8.30.2006
SEA OTTER BILL PASSES STATE ASSEMBLY, SENATE
CBS5.com (San Francisco-San Jose-Oakland)
Patricia Conrad, a professor of parasitology at UC Davis, noted that sea otters are letting the state know that "things are going seriously awry in the marine ecosystem."
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=16733

2.1.2006 WHC in the news
OF ROCKS, CREEKS AND BROOM-TAILED HORSES: WILL CALIFORNIA'S OWN WILD
MUSTANGS EVER RETURN TO COYOTE CANYON? SHOULD THEY?
LA Weekly
By Deanne Stillman
Story says California asked Stacey Ostermann of the University of California at Davis to study the impact of feral horses in Coyote Canyon, and that the horses "have come up against a Hydra-headed monster made of government agencies and environmentalists, including
the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center."
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=14031

12.16.2005 WHC in the news
NEGLECTED DISEASES
National Public Radio: Science Friday
By JOE PALCA
Patricia Conrad, a professor of parasitology at the Wildlife Health Center at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis, is interviewed at length about her findings that
toxoplasma from cat feces is a major cause of death in sea otters.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=13608

8.27.2005 WHC in the news
BIGHORN DEATHS PROMPT FEARS OF EPIDEMIC: DISEASE COULD DEVASTATE
REGION'S ENDANGERED HERDS
The San Diego Union-Tribune
By J. Harry Jones, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Said Walter Boyce, director of the University of California Davis Wildlife Health Center: "This is the first significant blip in the recovery effort in the past few years."
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=12404

8.19.2005 WHC in the news
SPECIALISTS FEAR EPIDEMIC IN SHEEP DEATHS: TWO MORE BIGHORNS HAVE
SUCCUMBED TO PNEUMONIA THIS WEEK
Desert Sun, The
By Bill Byron, The Desert Sun
"We don't really know if the sheep are going to keep dying or not," said Walter Boyce, director of the Wildlife Health Center at the University of California at Davis.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=12282

Marine Life

8.2.2007 WHC in the news
DIVERS CLEAN UP PIERS HOOK, LINE AND SINKER: LOCAL DIVERS AND CREWS
FROM UC DAVIS SCOURED THE WATERS AND REMOVED MILES OF FILAMENT AND
NETS FROM PIER PILINGS.
Daily Breeze (Torrance, Calif.)
By Josh Grossberg, Staff Writer
Crews from the UC Davis removed miles of filament and nets from pier pilings. Named are: Jennifer Renzullo, assistant director of the California Lost Fishing Gear Recovery Project, a program of the
Wildlife Health Center's SeaDoc Society, and Kirsten Gilardi, a veterinarian who focuses on marine life.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=20495

6.11.2007 WHC in the news
ABALONE'S DECLINE ANOTHER SIGN OF PUGET SOUND'S FAILING HEALTH
The Associated Press
By ROBERT McCLURE
The mysterious decline of Washington abalone has led confused experts to raising them in hatcheries before releasing them into the wild. Can they be saved? As Joe Gaydos, Northwest regional director of the Seadoc Society, a research group affiliated with UC Davis put it, "Look, this species is pretty far gone. Do we really want to spend time and money on it?"
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=19841

6.10.2007
SEWAGE PLAN TO GET CLEANED UP; MORRO BAY TREATMENT FACILITY BLAMED
FOR OTTER ILLNESSES
Contra Costa Times
By Paul Rogers
Patricia Conrad, a UC Davis professor of parasitology, reported on the presence of a parasite found in cat feces infecting otters around Morro Bay.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=19829

6.4.2007
FISHING DEBRIS CLEANED FROM CALIFORNIA BEACH WHC in the news
National Public Radio
Kristen Gilardi and the UC Davis California Lost Fishing Gear Project are featured in this story. "[It's] Quite simply, garbage, it's litter. It doesn't belong in the ocean...Fishing gear, when it's in the ocean, does not go away. It does not disintegrate. And when it's in the ocean, it has the potential to entangle wildlife, injure
wildlife, drown or kill wildlife."
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=19771

5/23/07 WHC in the news
California Aggie
Wayward whales begin trek home
By: JONAS MARI
Posted:
Jonna Mazet quoted
http://www.californiaaggie.com/home/

5.16.2007 WHC in the news
WHALES IN SACRAMENTO
KCRA Channel 3 (NBC)
Noon report: Two brief references to UC Davis crew team and UC Davis as partner in rescue planning.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=19572

5.16.2007 WHC in the news
SCIENTISTS WORK TO LURE WRONG-WAY WHALES BACK TO THE OCEAN
The Sacramento Bee
By Carrie Peyton Dahlberg and Deb Kollars
The appearance of whales in the Sacramento River drove questioning scientists to UC Davis to discuss what should be done. They must return to the sea because the humpback whales cannot survive in fresh
water.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=19579

5.16.2007 WHC in the news
WHALES AND DANGERS OF MARINE DEBRIS
KOVR Channel 13 (CBS)
Noon report featured Dr. Kirsten Gilardi of the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center describing the problems of wildlife getting tangled in lost fishing gear and other debris in the ocean.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=19581>

5.16.2007 WHC in the news
WHALES AND DANGERS OF MARINE DEBRIS
KXTV Channel 10 (ABC)
Noon report featured Dr. Kirsten Gilardi of the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center describing the problems of wildlife getting tangled in lost fishing gear and other debris in the ocean.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=19582

5.16.2007 WHC in the news
WHALES AND UC DAVIS FISHING GEAR RECOVERY PROJECT
KOVR Channel 13 (CBS)
5 p.m. report featured a lengthy story on Dr. Kirsten Gilardi of the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center describing the problems of wildlife getting tangled in lost fishing gear and other debris in the ocean.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=19583

5.16.2007 WHC in the news
EXPERTS EXAMINING WAYWARD WHALES
San Francisco Chronicle (online)
By Glen Martin, Chronicle Staff Writer
1 p.m. report says "UC Davis wildlife veterinarian Kirstin Gilardi said injuries from fishing equipment are common. Gilardi is a member of the SeaDoc Society, a group involved in removing derelict fishing
gear from the oceans."
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=19584

3.22.2007 WHC in the news
YOUR TOWN: MONTEREY: DIVERS REMOVE FISHING GEAR, LINES FROM WHARF TO
PROTECT WILDLIFE
Monterey Herald (Calif.)
Kirsten Gilardi, executive director of the SeaDoc Society, a program of the University of California-Davis Wildlife Health Center, is overseeing the project.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=18951

3.20.2007 WHC in the news
DANGEROUS DEBRIS
KPIX-TV (Ch. 5, CBS, San Francisco)
By Tony Russomanno
5 p.m. news: Volunteer divers working with the SeaDoc Society at UCDavis were cleaning up the ocean off the Monterey breakwater, a popular fishing spot.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=18925

3.20.2007 WHC in the news
FISHING GEAR CLEANUP
KXTV Channel 10 (ABC)
A group from UC Davis and its SeaDoc Society is setting out this week to remove tons of fishing gear left behind on piers and pilings. Interviews Jennifer Renzullo, UC Davis Lost Fishing Gear Project, and
Jennifer Kurushima, UC Davis diver.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=18926

GREBES FINDING REFUGE IN SK WHC in the news
Port Orchard Independent
Greg Massey, who works with the UC Davis School of Veterinary
Medicine, examines an endangered species of bird in an article about
their endangerment.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=18755

3.5.2007 WHC in the news
SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING BIRDS
Kitsap Sun
A surgical study in California could crack open the door to further
efforts to learn why Western grebe populations have plunged at least
90 percent; a number of birds will be studied at UC Davis.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=18756

12.13.2006 WHC in the news
15-YEAR PLAN RELEASED TO IMPROVE HEALTH OF PUGET SOUND
San Juan Islander (online)
Orcas island resident Dr. Joe Gaydos, Regional Director of the SeaDoc Society, a program of the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center, was a member of the Science Working Group and has been intimately involved in this process for the last year.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=17944

11.2.2006 WHC in the news
LOST GEAR TAKES TOLL ON MARINE LIFE, BOATERS
The Log
By Jack Innis
UC Davis' Wildlife Health Center is a partner in the California Derelict Fishing Gear Removal Project, which aims to clean up coastal waters.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=17725

2.28.2006 WHC in the news
UCD EXPERTS ARE LOOKING FOR KILLER OF PUGET SOUND BIRDS
Daily Democrat
By None
Report on UC Davis researchers' involvement in trying to determine what in the environment is killing seabirds and sea ducks in Puget Sound. Story quotes UC Davis wildlife veterinarian Joe Gaydos, and
his picture (courtesy from UC Davis) accompanies the story.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=14343

8.10.2005 WHC in the news
DERELICT FISHING GEAR POSES GLOBAL THREAT TO OCEANS
The San Diego Union-Tribune
By Terry Rodgers, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
UC Davis is launching California's first-ever program to find and remove derelict fishing gear. The SeaDoc Society, part of the university's Wildlife Health Center, and the center's director, Kirsten Gilardi, are assembling a team of divers who will rely on sonar to find abandoned fishing gear.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=12187

7.20.2005 WHC in the news
UC DAVIS TACKLES LOST FISHING GEAR
Davis Enterprise
With a new $300,000 grant from the California Coastal Conservancy, the UC Davis Wildlife HEalth Center will deploy divers along the coast from the Channel Islands to the Oregon border to clean up lost and abandoned fishing gear, which can be dangerous to wildlife, boaters and divers.

6.21.2005 WHC in the news
$300,000 GRANT GOES TOWARD REMOVING DERELICT FISHING GEAR
Eureka Times-Standard
By The Eureka Times-Standard
UC Davis' Wildlife Health Center has been awarded a $300,000 grant to
look at getting rid of lost and abandoned fishing gear at four
locations off the California coast.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=11696

5.30.2005 WHC in the news
UNIVERSITY GROUP WANTS TO RECOVER LOST FISHING GEAR
Eureka Times-Standard
By John Driscoll, The Times-Standard
The SeaDoc Society at the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center will use sidescan sonar to search for derelict fishing gear or tow divers behind boats to look for nets that sonar can't detect to rid area waters of the nets that create hazards for marine life and boats.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=11527

Yellowstone

10.31.2006 WHC in the news
YELLOWSTONE, UNIVERSITIES TO STUDY WILDLIFE DISEASES
The Associated Press
Article says that Montana State University and UC Davis will participate in a research program tracking and studying wildlife diseases in Yellowstone National Park.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/in_the_news/full_text/view_clip.lasso?id=17509

Feature Articles

3.18.2007 WHC in the news
Davis Enterprise
Working the Ecosystem
The work of the Wildlife Health Center is featured, in particular SeaDoc, HALI, Shannon Riggs.

3.29.2004
Sacramento Bee WHC in the news
Walk on the wild side: Vet students at UCD spend spring break with animals. OWCN Director Mike Ziccardi is featured.
SacBee-WHC_3-29-04.pdf

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