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Bonnie Flint (she/her)

@dr-bff.bsky.social
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Wild animal welfare ecologist. Human & dog mom, wife. Trying to understand & fight systems of oppression. Wish I could just watch animals all day.

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Bonnie Flint (she/her) @dr-bff.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Here's an easy-to-read blog post about the songbird trap that @verntasco.bsky.social and I designed (in case you don't want to read the journal article!).
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Wild Animal Initiative @wildanimals.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Watching banded mongooses suffer from tuberculosis was a turning point for @dr-bff.bsky.social. Now, wild animal welfare research has led her to a whole field of questions that ecology isn't asking.
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‘What I cared about all along’: How Researcher Bonnie Flint’s interdisciplinary background led her to wild animal welfare — Wild Animal Initiative
February 17, 2026 As an undergraduate biology student at Rice University, Researcher & Education Specialist Bonnie Flint was assigned a project: Find some wild animals, observe them for an hour…
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Bonnie Flint (she/her) @dr-bff.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
WAI is hiring! If you know anyone who's great at building communities, coordinating programs, & supporting researchers—but doesn't want to be a PI themselves—send them our way. Remote, mission-driven, & a chance to help build a growing scientific field. www.wildanimalinitiative.org/services-coo...
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Careers: Services Coordinator 2026 — Wild Animal Initiative
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Bonnie Flint (she/her) @dr-bff.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Eyes on ICE: Document and Record” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · No Kings
On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in...
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Bonnie Flint (she/her) @dr-bff.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
New ornithological method just dropped: capture only the birds needed for your study with the click of a button. Pub from me & @verntasco.bsky.social Bye-bye bycatch: a remotely closing trap for targeted songbird capture. Journal of Field Ornithology. journal.afonet.org/vol96/iss4/a...
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Journal of Field Ornithology: Bye-bye bycatch: a remotely closing trap for targeted songbird capture
Capturing and marking animals is often an essential component of studying wild populations, but the process of capturing and marking can have detrimental effects on captured birds. For instance, resea...
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Bonnie Flint (she/her) @dr-bff.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Hi all, if you haven't seen it, I'm doing an AMA here on BlueSky on the @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social feed. About 15 minutes left to submit questions! But you can watch the videos anytime.
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Wild Animal Initiative @wildanimals.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Reminder: Live on Friday, September 5 at 11 am ET, Researcher and Education Specialist @dr-bff.bsky.social will be answering your questions about conducting welfare research on wild animals. Respond to this post or DM us to submit yours now.
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Wild Animal Initiative @wildanimals.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Would you take 5 seconds to help us earn a grant from @projectforawesome.bsky.social? Vote for us here: buff.ly/43cwDSz Last year, each winning organization received $37,297, so your vote could help us earn that much or more. You don't even have to submit your email address to vote!
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Would appreciate a RT from the scientists for this one! We have 665 scientists in the spring database and I want to get us to about 1000 before we set the teachers loose on the database for January matches.
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Wild Animal Initiative @wildanimals.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Last year, we launched our house sparrow research project to learn how varying environmental conditions affect the welfare of these common birds. Here's an update on the project's progress:
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Progress on our house sparrow research project — Wild Animal Initiative
December 12, 2024 I’m pleased to report back to you with an update on the house sparrow research project we launched last year. Through this project, we hope to gain insight on how varying…
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Mal Graham @wildanigraham.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
We’re looking for new board members @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social ! If you have experience with nonprofit leadership and are committed to wild animal welfare, check out this volunteer opportunity: www.wildanimalinitiative.org/board-member
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