Tracking the first year of nation’s first residency program for free-ranging wildlife veterinarians

Dr. John Winter, second-year resident in the Illinois Zoological and Wildlife Health Management Residency, preparing to surgically implant a fish with a radio transmitter. (CZS-Brookfield Zoo)

Dr. John Winter took a moment to consider his most memorable work day in the last year.

“It was the day we implanted radio transmitters into fish in Cook County to get a sense of what habitat they favor and are using,” he said.