Martin Gilbert

Wildlife veterinarian, epidemiologist and conservationist. Working with canine distemper virus in tigers and other large carnivores.

[Jon Paul Rodríguez @jonparod]

The IUCN Species Survival Commission joins UNEP's plea for the release of Ms Bayani. Given recent pardons issued by Iranian authorities, we urge clemency and her safe return home, as well as @IUCNssc members and fellow conservationists imprisoned in Iran.

[Martin Gilbert @MgilbertMartin]

So pleased to see this finally getting to print!

[Cornell Yang Center for Wildlife Health @WildlifeCornell]

New research published in PNAS by @WildlifeCornell's Martin Gilbert reveals that vaccination of endangered Amur #tigers is the only practical strategy to protect these big cats from #caninedistempervirus in the Russian Far East. @PNASNews @Cornell https://t.co/Dc6jyfGjkV

[Cornell University @Cornell]

Our scientists at @CornellVet are uncovering solutions to a virus that threatens endangered Amur leopards. https://t.co/ClGnQKbuU4

[Martin Gilbert @MgilbertMartin]

International collaboration diagnoses the first case of canine distemper virus in a wild Far Eastern leopard - the world's rarest big cat
https://t.co/BAQpQYjVXQ

[Martin Gilbert @MgilbertMartin]

@WCSIndia @KrithiKaranth @conserve_ind @WCSNewsroom @TheWCS Nice to see juvenile white-rumps! ...someone is clearly breeding!

[Martin Gilbert @MgilbertMartin]

Love the pre-emptive (but futile) defensive move by the wasps! #redthroatedcaracara https://t.co/AM9oehueRd

[Sean McCann @Ibycter]

"Ibycter, what is best in life?"
"Smash the wasps' nests, see them driven before you, eat the nutrients from their larvae"

[Sarah Cleaveland @CleavelandSarah]

Great evening meeting such inspiring women at party for SWOTY finalists @TheEveningTimes with @markus_borner having fun too!

[Nat Moss 💚 @NatMoss]

Plan to return the lynx splits friends and families in Kielder Forest community https://t.co/WkqlbvycXY

[Mark Gately @GatelyMark]

Thai customs unveil a three-tonne cache of seized #pangolin scales, intended for Asia’s lucrative wildlife markets. https://t.co/PInR8D0VCU

[Rosie Woodroffe @RosieWoodroffe]

I'm Rosie; I help people coexist with African wild dogs & badgers. I juggle being an #actuallivingscientist & a mother, so I'm always tired

[Martin Gilbert @MgilbertMartin]

@JonathanSlaght ....that looks still haunts my dreams

[Martin Gilbert @MgilbertMartin]

@JonathanSlaght ....I only know one other in the ax murdering camp, although she might think an ax is too good for me

[Martin Gilbert @MgilbertMartin]

@JonathanSlaght's positive experience in Nezhino beats mine - a drunk threatened to kill me there with an ax! https://t.co/JpK7swEHvD

[Martin Gilbert @MgilbertMartin]

@sm_kachel cracking birds!! ....rosefinches rock!

[Claudio Sillero @ClaudioSillero]

First live golden jackal seen in the countryside near Prague - and it looks like it's there to stay https://t.co/IDPgafteWo via @IBTimesUK

[Shannon Kachel @sm_kachel]

Wolf chasing argali rams in the Tajik Pamirs. We totally knew this would happen when we set the camera here.

[Shannon Kachel @sm_kachel]

Bears, snow leopards, wolves. It was a good camera site.

[Martin Gilbert @MgilbertMartin]

@sm_kachel @HyenaProject Thanks @ArjDheer - I'll definitely take a look!

[Wildlife Conservation Network @wildnetorg]

#saiga antelope gearing up for winter with its thick white coat. Photo: Nadejda Arilova.Visit our partners @SaigaCA: https://t.co/2sfyqj9Uts

[Martin Gilbert @MgilbertMartin]

@sm_kachel Teddy Ruxpin! ...I see you are a hyena guy @ArjDheer! ...a family I'd be keen to work with, plenty of health intrigue!