Can Form 8854 Deemed 2023-2024

I would like to introduce you to one of my patients who is an orphaned forest elephant. I met him when my family and I were living in Gabon, Africa. An elephant-loving oil man had rescued him after his mother had been killed while prop-rating in a local village. He wanted to know if I could help, so I hopped on a helicopter out to the middle of the forest and then took a truck ride out to base camp in this oil field. This is where I first saw Khat. Oh, and he didn't look so good. But really, who could blame him? He had just lost his mother and now he was surrounded by people and drilling machinery. So over the coming days, we nursed him with some medicines and milk replacement formula. And what he probably needed the most was love. Despite all our efforts, it wasn't enough. And I think of this little elephant every day. I always knew I wanted to be a wildlife veterinarian. I went to veterinary college and graduate school, and I even survived a three-year residency in zoo and wildlife medicine. And I know my training helped me realize my dream, but I'm sure it didn't hurt that I had clocked hundreds of hours watching Tarzan and Jane, both Tarzan and Jane, and Jane Goodall. I knew I wanted to help save endangered species, and I've been able to do just that with my career. I've worked for some of the best zoos in the world, with the past ten years on staff at the St. Louis Zoo. As a zoo veterinarian, I have treated lions, tigers, and even bears like this nine-day-old giant panda cub. Mostly, I've worked with wildlife in the wild in countries from Argentina to Zimbabwe. In Central Africa,...