More About Our Contributing Authors

Our contributing authors work all over the world with a variety of wild animal species. Click on the chapter titles for a bio of each vet and the reason why he or she chose this particular story to share with readers.

Dr. Barb Wolfe, Tough Guy Hondo

Dr. Beth Chittick Nolan, The Eel and the Bartender

Dr. Ned Gentz, Earring Boy

Dr. Becky Yates, Kachina's Bones

Dr. Jeff Boehm, Raising Kayavak

Dr. Lucy Spelman, The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes

Dr. Carlos Sanchez, Pandas in Their Own Land

Dr. Howard Krum, When Whale Sharks Fly

Dr. Peter Holz, Patch

Dr. Mark Stetter, Anesthesia for a Frog

Dr. Flo Ollivet, La Recapture (The Recapture)

Dr. Chris Walzer, A Camel in the Snow

Dr. Juergen Schumacher, The Bikers, the Students, and the Crocodile

Dr. Sharon Deem, Tracking a Snared Elephant

Drs. Chris Whittier & Felicia Nutter, Partners in the Mist: A Close Call

Dr. Pam Govett, The Katrina Dolphins

Dr. David Taylor, The Limping Tiger

Dr. Michael Stoskopf, Sliced Bananas in Jell-O

Dr. Steve Osofsky, On the Horn of a Dilemma

Dr. Maryanne Tocidlowski, Bugs Have Bugs?

Dr. Rae Gandolf, Death of a Lemur

Dr. Marty Haulena, Baker D

Dr. Greg Lewbart, Tulip

Dr. Roberto Aguilar, Empathy

Dr. Jennifer Langan, Polar Bears STAT

Dr. Ilze Berzins, Water-Breathing Dragons

Dr. Lauren Howard, Amali's Example

Dr. Susan Mikota, Alfredito the Hippo