For the past three months, Fundación Buin Zoo she has actively participated in important national and international scientific meetings, sharing key advances in conservation and research. Here are some of the highlights:
Participation in the 16th Conference of the Parties on Biodiversity (Cali, Colombia)
The director of the Foundation, Ignacio Idalsoaga, presented the talk “A Health for the conservation of Darwin’s Puma, Huemul and Fox and their ecosystems” at this important event held from October 21 to November 1. More than 527,000 attendees learned about global initiatives to protect biodiversity, highlighting the joint work of Buin Zoo and ISA Chile.
VI Latin American Congress of Mastozoology (Santiago, Chile)
Between October 21 and 25, the Foundation presented advances in its alliance with ISA Chile and the program Conexión Puma. The thesis scientist Edhnita Inostroza, from the University of Concepción, exhibited the poster “Lycalopex fulvipes colonized by Escherichia coli and Citrobacter portucalensis that produce critical priority extended-spectrum ß-lactamases”, the result of research on antimicrobial resistance in wildlife on the island of Chiloé.
Symposium on wildlife conservation (Pontifical Catholic University, Chile)
On November 9, the Foundation’s head of Conservation and Research, Ezequiel Hidalgo, presented the talk “Diseases in threatened carnivores and ungulates in Chile: Advances over the past 10 years”, at an event organized by the student group Silvet.
1st Chilean Zoology Congress (Talca, Chile)
From November 11 to 15, students linked to the Foundation’s collaboration network shared their research:
- Francisco Pinilla (PhD in Biological Sciences, University of Chile): Poster “Nucleotide diversity and population structure of huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus): conservation challenges for the southernmost deer”.
- Monserrat del Campo (Veterinary, University of Concepción): Poster “Southern dissemination of critical priority antibiotic-resistant pathogens colonizing culpeous foxes (Lycalopex culpaeus)”.
- Edhnita Inostroza (Veterinary, University of Concepción): Poster “Characterization and resistance profile of Escherichia coli present in the digestive system of bagual cattle in Torres del Paine, Chile”.
1st International Congress for Conservation (Bogotá, Colombia)
On November 17, Ezequiel Hidalgo gave the talk “A Health for the conservation of Darwin’s Puma, Huemul and Fox and their ecosystems” at an event organized by the Piscilago Zoological Park, broadcast via streaming.
These activities reinforce the commitment to the Fundación Buin Zoo protection of biodiversity, positioning it as a reference in conservation and research in Chile and the world.
