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An excellent example of scientific collaboration in Anna Wereszczuk's talk on the impacts of climate and environmental changes on mustelid body mass #35EMC

We round up the first day of the #35EMC with an optimistic update of American mink control on the France-Spain connecting rivers by Christelle Bellanger & Estelle Isere-Laoue!

When you find otter spraint: how many mustelid biologists can you fit on a rock...

A really enjoyable guided fieldtrip of Turda Gorge arranged by Romanian Wilderness Society #35EMC

Only an hour until the Colloquium Dinner at the picturesque Biodiversity Centre at USAMV, with great views of Cluj 🍻 #35EMC

Andrzej Zalewski gives an excellent keynote on our final day of presentations, discussing complex insights revealed by the American mink invasion in Europe #35EMC

Marco Granata presents excellent work from the Italian Alps, shedding light on under studied small mustelids, with aims to start long term monitoring #35EMC

Andrin Duerst tests the use of small structures to counteract loss of habitat heterogeneity #35EMC

Samirah Blauuw is testing different non-invasive sampling methods to enable the conservation of otter in Lough Carra, Ireland, and improve invasive mink management #35EMC

Bastian Thomas , Anthony Le Guen also discussed otter genetics, on the recolonisation front in Normandy #35EMC

Phantom mustelids: the difficulties of monitoring marbled and steppe polecats, and the importance of conserving their prey in Hungary, with Sirma Zidarova.

Santiago Palazon provides an update on European polecat captive breeding and releases in Catalonia. #35EMC

A highlight of the #35EMC was our speaker Badri Baral, sharing his review of mustelids native to Nepal. The country is rich in 13 species and they urgently need more research and monitoring.

Raluca-Ioana Nedelea shares her research in European badger dental pathology. #35EMC

Salvador Salvador monitors vulnerable small mustelids in Catalonia, surveying for stoats living at high altitudes, and the effectiveness of citizen science for monitoring least weasel. #35EMC

Goncalo Matias discusses habitat use by mustelids under differing forest managements. More research and action is needed for FSC certified forests to support mustelids. #35EMC

Our excellent final talk of the #35EMC - Denise Karp discussed using detection dogs for stoat and otter scat detection & shared very impressive results!

Huge thank you to all the wonderful speakers, the committees, our host USAMV, & everyone who made the trip to Cluj for another successful Mustelid Colloquium! #35EMC Vincent Wildlife Fauna & Flora USAMV CLUJ-NAPOCA & RomanianWildernessSociety