Michelle Oakley
Birthday: Born in 1969-09-16 in Indiana, USA
Deathday: Alive
Committed to her clients and helping local animals, she often drives hundreds of miles a day through snowy mountain passes in extreme temperatures. Most of her clients live off the grid, sometimes without power or running water. In addition to the clinic she runs out of her home in southwest Yukon, Dr. Oakley runs her own mixed practice throughout Northern Canada and Alaska, often with the help of her three daughters Sierra, Maya and Willow, who also appear regularly on her TV show. She also works as an on-call vet for the Yukon Wildlife Preserve, the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, and the American Bald Eagle Foundation. She runs specialized wildlife capture and conservation programs throughout Canada, and also in Scandinavia, Sri Lanka and Europe.
TV Credits
Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet
Character: Herself
Spanning thousands of acres and incorporating hundreds of species of animals; Michelle Oakley’s veterinary practice is Yukon tough. There is no such thing as a typical day in Michelle’s practice. House calls can range from expelling dogs anal glands to getting chased down by the very large Arctic musk-ox. Accompanied by her teenage daughters and armed with humor as sharp as scalpel, Michelle deftly juggles being a full time Veterinarian, wife and doctor; taking us into unexplored and unexamined ...
Movie Credits
10 Animals That Will Kill You
Character: Self
Yukon vet, Michelle Oakley and wildlife filmmaker, Filipe DeAndrade draw on their own knowledge and personal anecdotes to teach the viewer a thing or two about critters that will kill you....