Paraguay - Preventing Extinction
One of the only two landlocked, South American countries, Paraguay is often overlooked in terms of tourism and research, which is perhaps why the Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri) has unfortunately become critically endangered. But spending two weeks working with the enthusiastic and determined staff of the Centro Chaqueño para Conservación e Investigación (CCCI) in Fortin-Toledo, along with a team of curators and veterinarians from the United States, made graduate student Camille Goblet believe in the potential to save a species on the brink of extinction.Read more about this project from the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Science