{"id":36802,"date":"2023-03-30T14:34:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T19:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/?p=36802"},"modified":"2026-07-11T07:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T12:07:13","slug":"dr-lance-woolaver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/dr-lance-woolaver\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Lance Woolaver <p class=\"noah-number\">Directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral<\/p>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-2n2aiqq-56dadc1353dab0bb6fab9332a5e77c6b main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  species-inner-content-intro-wrapper avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-36802'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-7tij7m-d73f1c9eb2e75f99b517cc82a436410a av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfinla4k-e501dfed01bdac04026fde594e0f328e'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"noah-title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"noah-img-wrapper board-member\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12454 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Lance-W2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Lance-W2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Lance-W2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Lance-W2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"noah-title\">\n<h2>Dr. Lance Woolaver<\/h2>\n<h5 class=\"h5-blk\">Directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-1j022xu-2136fd78232ed5416215194dbc6cef89 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  species-inner-content-intro-wrapper avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-36802'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-11pnj4y-c28e6186d614efe88a31a98b3b23fcf7 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-4  el_before_av_button  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfinmiyb-90c4ad80094a4867a0ba1b85f88c1e83'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Lance s'est joint \u00e0 Conservation de la faune au Canada en 2017, apportant avec lui 18 ans d'exp\u00e9rience dans la gestion de programmes de r\u00e9tablissement pour certaines des esp\u00e8ces les plus\u00a0<a class=\"glossaryLink\" href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/glossary\/endangered\/\" data-cmtooltip=\"(E) A wildlife species facing imminent extirpation or extinction.\">menac\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0du monde. Quelques grands moments de ce travail incluent l'effectuation de la premi\u00e8re lib\u00e9ration de perruches \u00e9chos \u00e0 l'\u00cele Maurice, la capture de kakapos en Nouvelle-Z\u00e9lande, avoir dormi pendant la nuit dans une grotte de nidification de condor de Californie et le travail aupr\u00e8s des agriculteurs locaux pour prot\u00e9ger les jeunes aigles de Ridgway en R\u00e9publique dominicaine.<\/p>\n<p>Lance a \u00e9t\u00e9 le 8e\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/recovery-action\/canadasnewnoahs\/\">No\u00e9 de Conservation de la faune au Canada<\/a>\u00a0en 1997, puis est rest\u00e9 \u00e0 l'\u00cele Maurice pour g\u00e9rer les projets de r\u00e9tablissement des esp\u00e8ces pour la Mauritian Wildlife Foundation. Cette exp\u00e9rience l'a aid\u00e9 \u00e0 effectuer les premi\u00e8res lib\u00e9rations de pies-gri\u00e8ches migratrices en Ontario \u00e0 son retour au Canada en 2001. Lance revient r\u00e9cemment de la supervision des projets de conservation pour une gamme d'esp\u00e8ces hautement en danger \u00e0 Madagascar \u2014 comme la tortue angonoka, le canard de Madagascar et le l\u00e9mur doux d'Alaotra \u2014 pour la Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, int\u00e9grant l'\u00e9levage captif et les r\u00e9introductions \u00e0 la gestion des aires prot\u00e9g\u00e9es et \u00e0 la conservation communautaire.<\/p>\n<p>Lance d\u00e9tient un Ph.D. de l'Universit\u00e9 York et une M.Sc. de l'Universit\u00e9 Acadia. Il vit \u00e0 Guelph, en Ontario avec sa femme Rina, ses deux fils Jeremy et Glen, et leur chien Malala de race malgache-terre-neuvienne. 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