Colorado Springs, CO
Adjunct Faculty in Avian, Exotics, & Zoological Medicine, Colorado State University; Clinical Associate Faculty, Western University College of Veterinary Medicine
Vice President of Mission & Programs. I oversee the veterinary, conservation, & education departments at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.
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We are so excited & grateful that this wild giraffe foot study is now published! What a journey traveling 1/2 way around the world with x-ray equipment, into a national park in Uganda to help w...
As we celebrate the world's tallest mammal on the longest day of the year (June 21), we wanted to update you on our research. While the study was designed to compare foot health between zoo and wil...
As part of our celebration of World Giraffe Day (June 21), we wanted to share some exciting updates on this project. Thanks to the research you helped make possible, five giraffe around the country...
The results are in...there ARE major differences in foot shape, weight bearing, and bone health for zoo and wild giraffe! This is helping us now develop new protocols to help guide hoof trims and m...
During Operation Twiga, we anesthetized younger/smaller animals as these would be safer to transport to their new habitat. The X-rays show that many of these giraffe were still growing taller and h...
We helped w giraffe conservation AND did our wild giraffe x-ray study in Uganda! We have a lot of data to analyze now, but it looks like there are some important differences between giraffe in zoos...
We're changing the location for the wild hoof study from Namibia to Uganda! In August, the Ugandan government will be relocating wild giraffe across the Nile River back to their historic home range...