Catching Up

It´s been a long time without any updates! Unfortunately due to a family emergency, we have been in Canada for the last 2 months. Now we´re in Chile again, and back at it.
We´re working on a really interesting project design with a conservation organization in the south of Chile, on the huemul (Andean deer) and the negative interactions with domestic dogs. Hopefully we´re successful with funding for this project as it is much needed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocamelus Check out this link for some info on the critically endangered huemul in Patagonia.
Yesterday we gave a presentation to the students at the vet school in Valdivia on what VWB is doing here in Chile, and just who we are in general. Tomorrow we´re off to Santiago, on a horribly uncomfortable bus ride for 12 hours, to go to the first Conservation Medicine Symposium where there will be talks on all kinds of animal to animal interactions, diseases human can get from animals, and in general how we manage the health of the environment in light of the endlessly growing human population. This will be the first time that VWB has made a public appearance at an international level conference here in Latin America, and we´re looking forward to representing VWB- Chile, meeting new colleagues and reconnecting with familiar faces from conferences in other countries.
Well that´s about it for the moment, not a lot of news, but certainly wanted to put an update here so that any followers know we are still alive and well!

Chau for now!