-The Best-selling Student Authors

Recently, there is a book which has been the hottest book in the online bookstore. That’s ‘Wildlife Hospital 24’, written by CBNU students in the Department of Veterinary Medicine. They recorded the full particulars of their experience and thoughts with wild animals. Now, let’s meet the glorious writers!

● We heard the good news. Your book ‘Wildlife Hospital 24’ has just been placed on the bestseller list for scientific books. Tell us your thoughts.

We never expected such enthusiastic responses because we are just students and amateur writers. After we got the news that the book had become a bestseller, we could feel people’s responses through internet searches firsthand. We are so happy for that. Recently we have been asked for interviews from TV and radio broadcasters. We are composed of 12 students who belong to the ‘wild animal academy’. The reason why we wrote this book is to share what we feel when we rescue and heal wild animals and to let people know the connection between wild animals’ lives and our own. We think it is so worthwhile that many people like the book. In our opinion, real pictures of wild animals contributed to getting good responses. Furthermore, the contents of the book are very easy and instructive regardless of age or sex.

● Wild animals are an unfamiliar subject for common people. Aren’t they? What do you think about it as students of the Department of Veterinary Medicine?

The reason why people don’t know about wild animals is that there are rare opportunities to realize we live together. Although it is quite hard to see wild animals in reality, they live with us somewhere. Because of this, so many wild animals suffer from human’s pursuit of only convenience. Besides car accidents, there are often accidents from cables, windows, poaching, and lead which is used in fishing. In particular, there are so many car accidents with baby elk. We feel shame and a sense of guilt for this as humans who love animals. The reason why we wrote this book is also a kind of campaign to let people know the seriousness and to ask them to empathize with our feeling. We tried to put tips in the book to allow common people to be close to wild animals and do small behaviors which can be helpful for wildlife.

● What did you pay attention to most writing the book?

We could feel it was very difficult for 12 people to write one book because we had different ideas and values about the same issue. Still, we tried so hard not to lose the overall unification of the book. When we wrote this book, we composed each part independently in that each of chose one animal. However, there was a problem in that we had different writing tones. We labored over this part. We feel sad that it would have been smoother if we had had discussion before writing the book.

● Then, what part in this book do you want to recommend to common people?

We want to tell people about this: There are some people who abduct wild animals unintentionally. In the case of elk, mother elks give birth to their babies and hide them in the forest to look for food in April and May. At this time, some mountain climbers find baby elks and make connections with rescue centers, thinking that they were abandoned. Therefore, you should check to see if the mother elk comes back when you discover a baby elk in forest alone. Also, some people take in baby birds when they see birds fallen from their nests. You should check to see if there are nests on the periphery. It will be helpful if you keep an eye out for the book.

● Lastly, tell me your way of life as people who take care of wild animals.

We suggest that younger students write the second part of ‘Wildlife Hospital 24’. We have gotten a better response than we expected, so we hope that it continues in the future. And we will learn, study, and tell the story about wild animals as we have until now. Also, we will endeavor to change people’s awareness about wild animals. For example, we are trying to construct a wildlife passage beside tunnels. To make it realized, it needs the local government’s volition and elimination of objections of people over whether it should be covered by tax. In conclusion, we want to tell you we will try to share our thoughts about love for animals.

Up until now, we have listened to veterinary students who are tender-hearted. If you haven’t read ‘Wildlife Hospital 24’ yet, just go to a library or bookstore and find it. It should be very helpful to make the world more harmonious between wild animals and humans.



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