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From Cow Stomachs to Microscope Slides: Local Youth Get a Hands-on Look at Veterinary Medicine

Listening to a cow’s stomach rumbles with a stethoscope or taking an up-close look at animals’ hearts isn’t how some teenagers envision spending an average summer day. But that’s exactly what two groups of high school students experienced during a recent visit to the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine. UW-Madison’s Precollege Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE) …

Tightening the ban on a cow drugs can save India’s vultures

On October 8, 2020, eight white-backed vultures tagged with satellites were released from an aviary near the Pinjore Vulture Protection Center in northern Haryana. The project had been in the works for years. “We monitored vulture populations within 100 km of the aviary,” said Vibhu Prakash, deputy director of the Bombay Natural History Society, a conservation NGO. “We also monitored …