Stories and Updates

Explore our posts for updates on our projects and team. We aim for this page to be a valuable source of information; providing you with in-depth tutorials and behind-the-scenes glimpses into our work; as well as a retrospective look at our journey thus far.

Rachel Avilla 10/4/23 Rachel Avilla 10/4/23

WildAlert Tracking a Botulism Health Event

WildAlert California is actively tracking a botulism health event that is taking place at Lake Tulare in California. The WildAlert system highlighted this event early on, allowing state, federal, and non-governmental partners to collaborate and take immediate action to save more wild lives.

Rachel Avilla 7/24/23 Rachel Avilla 7/24/23

Arizona WildAlert

We are excited to announce that The Wild Neighbors Database Project has recently been awarded a grant contract to create a WildAlert platform specific to the state of Arizona. This system, in partnership with the University of California, Davis and EpiEcos, will be created and launched by September 2024.

Devin Dombrowski 2/2/22 Devin Dombrowski 2/2/22

Crowdfunding Our Wildlife Disease Alert System

We need your help to improve, build and update the Wildlife Morbidity and Mortality Event Alert System (WMMEAS). In case you are not aware, the WMMEAS is a surveillance platform we are developing to track wildlife diseases using data from wildlife rehabilitators and wildlife veterinarians.

Rachel Avilla 9/9/21 Rachel Avilla 9/9/21

How Wildlife Rescuers Can Protect Public Health - The Revelator

A new surveillance system tracks trends in wildlife illness and death and could help keep people healthy.