Dr. Sophie Hebert talks about her time as part of The Macaw Society in the Journal of Avian Medicine & Surgery
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
For many nature lovers, to go to the Amazon rainforest and work with wildlife and especially wild macaws is like a dream come true. Definitely a life-changing experience. It was certainly the case for Sophie Hebert Saulnier, DVM, who is a young and very talented vet specializing in birds and exotic animals.
She has just shared her experience working with The Macaw Society in the latest edition of the Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery in the “Conservation Considerations” section. Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery 35 (2), 235-240, (7 July 2021) https://doi.org/10.1647/1082-6742-35.2.235
In the article, Dr. Sophie guides us through her training in the field and her daily activities as a field assistant and then as a lead field vet as part of our Tambopata team in Peru. She shows us how it is to be a vet in the field, working in difficult environmental conditions with very few commodities while living in one of the most amazing ecosystems in the Amazon basin. Her experience, documented in the article, will certainly serve as an open window for current and future vets, other professionals, and the general public to see how important is to integrate veterinary medicine in the wildlife conservation puzzle.
Used with the permission of the Association of Avian Veterinarians as it appeared in The Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery: Conservation Considerations: Applied Macaw Conservation and Research in Tambopata National Reserve, Peru, and the Work of Sophie Hébert Saulnier, DMV. J Avian Med Surg 2021;35(2):235-240
