Dra. Anahi Hidalgo

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas, everyone! 🎄❤️
Wishing you all the best during this festive season, whether you’re working, resting, with family, or friends.
Keep pursuing your goals and working hard! 👩🏻‍⚕️💪🏽🦁🐊🐆🐯🦉🐋🐘🦏🦓💉🩺

04/12/2024

🐾🎉 Happy International Cheetah Day! 🐆✨

Today, I want to share why these incredible big cats have stolen my heart. 💛 Working with cheetahs has been challenging yet a very rewarding experience. From caring for orphaned cubs in Somaliland 🍼🌍 to helping in reducing human-wildlife conflict in Southern Africa 🩺✨, every cheetah I’ve met has taught me something new about resilience and the delicate balance of nature.

Did you know cheetahs face threats like illegal pet trade, habitat loss, and climate change? 💔 In Somaliland, I saw firsthand how young cubs are trafficked to become exotic pets—leaving them malnourished, scared, and far from their wild homes. Thankfully, organizations like work tirelessly to rescue and rehabilitate these cubs, giving them a second chance.

🌟 Fun fact: Cheetahs’ famous spots aren’t just beautiful—they act as camouflage, helping them stay safe in the wild. 🐆💨

Cheetahs may be the fastest land animals, but they need us to slow down and protect their future. Let’s work together to ensure this iconic species thrives for generations to come.

💕💭 Question of the day: If you had the chance to name a cheetah, what would you call it? Drop your ideas in the comments! 👇

02/05/2024

Wounds management is a common practice when working with wildlife! 🐆❤️👩🏻‍⚕️
Here is one of my patients after getting a deep cut!
I had the assistance of our vet tech at the moment and one of our long term volunteer Nick!
All this work has been possible for the incredible support of CCF donor and partnerships

18/04/2024

Sterilization Campaigns are a very important part of the community work in rural areas! 🇪🇨👩🏻‍⚕️❤️

This amazing and hard work helps the community to control the overpopulation of dogs and cats, prevents spread of disease, prevents abandon, prevents injuries on the street and many more benefits for your pets.🐶🐶🐶❤️🐱🐱🐱

Another important part of the sterilization of pets is that it help the wildlife and the ecosystem as there will be less competition, less conflict and less persecution!🦅🐼🐻🐆🐕🦌

Please remember to always have your animals at home, sterilized and vaccinate them ! 🐶❤️🐱

This was a collaborative campaign between and many more individuals that donate their work and time for the greater good!

Thank you all! 🙌🏽

25/03/2024

Así terminó el 3 día del Congreso AMPEVE 2024! 👩🏻‍⚕️🩺💪🏽❤️
Educación Continúa es la clave del éxito!
Reencuentro entre colegas! 👩🏻‍⚕️👩🏼‍⚕️👩‍⚕️👩🏼‍⚕️👩🏽‍⚕️👩🏿‍⚕️ No se ganó el carro pero si mucha comida y arena para michis! 🐱❤️🐱

20/03/2024

First day of the Veterinary Congress AMPEVE & FIAVAC 2024! 🇪🇨💪🏽❤️👩🏻‍⚕️
Continuous education is the key for providing a high standard veterinary services!quito

22/02/2024

Excelente labor! 🐶❤️🐱

En enero completamos un total de 108 consultas y 47 cirugías 🩺

Aquí está uno de nuestros adorables pacientes recientes 🐾

Gracias a todos los que apoyan nuestro trabajo aquí en Santa Cruz, ayudando a proteger las especies domésticas, la vida silvestre y las personas que viven junto a ellas.

19/02/2024

SYNOVIAL FLUID Analysis is a simple but very helpful diagnostic technique in order to assess some conditions of the joint! 🐆🩻💉🔬
In order to get it we need to perform an ARTHROCENTESIS, a minimal invasive technique that allows you to get the synovial fluid!
Due to the precision and pain of the procedure, anesthesia is required, then a correct ASEPSIS and ANTISEPTIC, identify the JOINT SPACE, disinfect once more before poking the needle and once in the joint space, aspirate the SYNOVIAL FLUID. 🧼🩺

What to assess?
-> Fluid appearance, viscosity and volume
-> Cytology (fluid smear assessment) - Total Nucleated Cells Count (TNCC), especially neutrophils

What does it tells you?
-> Normal
-> Inflammation
-> Infection —> Confirm with culture and do antibiogram
-> Immuno-mediated

All these information is very useful to decide the next course of action, select a treatment and give a better outcome!

Do you want explanations of more diagnostic techniques? Do you want to know what did I find in this cheetah? Comment below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

10/12/2023

Interesting Elephant Facts! 🐘❤️🤓
Let’s learn each week a little bit more about African Animals!

08/10/2023

Because learning doesn’t need to be boring!
Here a short summary of Capture Myopathy Syndrome!
One of the most common disease when capturing, mobilizing or handling wildlife! Especially herbivores!
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19/05/2023

One of the most challenging cases/days in Somaliland 2022!
Repost Today CCF received a group of 15 cheetah cubs confiscated by the Somaliland Ministry of Environment in eastern Somaliland. The cubs range in age from a few weeks to a several months old. CCF's veterinary team met the Ministry on the road and took possession of the cubs near Burao. They were very dehydrated, starving and extremely weak.
Sadly after days of fighting we were unable to save 6 of them due to the extensive damages caused by starvation and poor management of their illegal captors 💔🥺😭

21/02/2023

The Soysambu Raptor Centre was joined by Paula Kahumbu of the Wildlife Warriors and a film crew for a few days. Highlighting raptors and the day to day activities, over what was quite a busy period with injured raptors being treated. In the background is Dr Juliet Waiyaki who with KWS permission is working as an intern for our orgainsation.

19/02/2023

Te gustaría saber más sobre Guepardos?
Actualmente trabajo con ellos en África!
Son una de las especies más traficadas para ser vendidas como mascotas!
Se estima que 300 cachorros son robados de la naturaleza cada año!!!

18/10/2022

Some good news for your Facebook feed: For the first time in over 25 years the Arctic fox has successfully bred in Finland! The Arctic fox is a critically endangered species in Finland. At the beginning of the 2000s, the entire Nordic Arctic fox population hit an all-time low, with approximately 100 adult individuals. Currently, an estimated 450 adult Arctic foxes live in Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Finland sees an estimated 10 to 20 Arctic foxes annually, and the number of observations has been increasing in recent years. Learn more: https://wwf.to/3M8VnQU.

24/09/2022

21/06/2022

Feliz día mundial de las Jirafas! 🦒❤️Happy World Giraffe Day!
Animales increíbles, que tienen el cuello más largo del mundo animal y son celebrados en el día/noche más largo del año!
#🦒 #❤️

07/07/2021

Feliz Día Nacional del Cóndor Andino en Ecuador! 🦅❤️🇪🇨
Hoy conmemoramos a nuestra majestuosa ave nacional! Símbolo de libertad y esperanza!
Orgullosa y honrada de poder trabajar con esta ave! 🦅❤️👩🏻‍⚕️
Sin embargo, a pesar de grandes esfuerzos realizados quedan menos de 150 cóndores en Ecuador! Realidad que empeora cada año!
Debemos actuar ahora si queremos tenerlos en el futuro surcando nuestros cielos.
Esteriliza a tus mascotas, así contribuyes a conservar nuestra ave nacional! 🐶❤️🐱

22/03/2021

Algunas aplicaciones para facilitarte la vida en cuanto a flora y fauna! 🍃❤️🕷

Apps que valen la pena. 😉🎋🌱
Créditos: Pregúntale al biólogo

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