We are very excited that soon Dr. Ling-Min Wang will join our TRC
staff. She sent some information about her background in a
previous post. She now sends some more information about how she came to know and
join TRC. (We also thank her for sharing her photos of Drs.
Ponder and Willette!)
"In early Mar, 2012, “2012 SEAZA Avian Veterinary Medicine Training Course” was
co-organized by Taipei Zoo and Wildlife First Aid Station. The purpose of the
course was to improve the knowledge and techniques of clinical avian medicine
for wild animal and zoo vets in Taiwan and other East and Southeast Asian
countries. Therefore, I had been asked to invite some specialists from TRC to
give lectures. I wrote an e-mail to Dr. Julia Ponder cautiously, and she
promised to come to Taiwan immediately. Then, I happily met Dr. Ponder and
Willette again in Taiwan!
More than half courses were taught by Drs. Ponder and Willette, and others
were conducted by senior vets from Hong Kong Ocean Park, Singapore Zoo, and
Taipei Zoo. Some courses were similar to what I had learned from TRC, but
others were taught more clinical techniques, such as endoscopic exam and
organic biopsy. All participants benefited a lot from the course, so I believed
everyone could do better in clinical avian medicine including surgeries and
examinations.
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| Dr. Willette - birding in Wulai |
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| Dr. Ponder - birding in Guandu |
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| Dr. Ponder and Giant Panda |
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| Drs. Ponder and Willette and a stilt! |
After the course, I and my bf (he is my husband now) guided Drs. Ponder and
Willette to Taipei for a short trip. We went to some ecotourism destinations
and National Palace Museum. In the last night when we were having our dessert,
shaved ice, I was asked “Are you interested in working in TRC? We’d like to
invite you to apply an internship.” I was so surprised and answered “Yes! But I
have to discuss with my boss.” “Sure.” Now you know I have applied the
internship in TRC successfully. Hello everybody, I am coming!"
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