This is a guest post by Price Dickson, a first-year veterinary student at the University of Illinois. You can connect with her on LinkedIn or comment below with any questions.

I participated in the Belize Wildlife and Referral Clinic’s Wildlife Medicine and Conservation Program this past January. The program is taught by Dr. Isabel Paquet-Durand, a veterinarian who started the clinic as the country’s only animal hospital for native wildlife.

The program is well-rounded in the types of animals y...