Inclusion of wildlife in the concept of One Health is important for two primary reasons: (1) the physical health of humans, domesticated animals, and wildlife is linked inextricably through shared diseases, and (2) humans' emotional well-being can be affected by their perceptions of animal health. Although an explicit premise of the One Health Initiative is that healthy wildlife contribute to h...

Emerging infectious diseases are increasingly originating from wildlife. Many of these diseases have significant impacts on human health, domestic animal health, and biodiversity. Surveillance is the key to early detection of emerging diseases. A zoo based wildlife disease surveillance program developed in Australia incorporates disease information from free-ranging wildlife into the existing n...

The sustainability of wildlife resources in Africa is threatened by poaching for trophies and meat as well as changes in land use. In order to motivate local people for sustainable wildlife management, efforts to transfer decision-making power as well as benefits from central to local level have been made in several countries. Such efforts have not yet been seen in Kilombero Game Controlled Are...

Wildlife is common in urban areas of Australia. Human residents welcome most species of wildlife, and frequently design gardens or provide food to attract wildlife. A diverse range of problems caused by wildlife often creates controversy and calls for action to be taken by government wildlife agencies. Problems may threaten human health and safety or be expensive to rectify. Resolution of these...

Wildlife-aircraft collisions (wildlife strikes) have increased nationally over the past 22 years; denoted in the National Wildlife Strike Database that has been maintained by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) since 1990. Increasing wildlife populations and air traffic coupled with quieter, faster aircraft create a significant risk to aviation safety; the cost to the civil aviation indus...

Although the majority of emerging infectious diseases can be linked to wildlife sources, most pathogen spillover events to people could likely be avoided if transmission was better understood and practices adjusted to mitigate risk. Wildlife trade can facilitate zoonotic disease transmission and represents a threat to human health and economies in Asia, highlighted by the 2003 SARS coronavirus ...

The Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management (CPW) is a voluntary partnership of international organizations with substantive mandates and programmes for the sustainable use and conservation of wildlife resources. The mission of the CPW is to increase cooperation and coordination among its members and other interested parties on sustainable wildlife management to promote the...

Z. H. Olson ([email protected]), J. C. Beasley and O. E. Rhodes, Jr., Dept of Forestry and Natural Resources, 195 Marstellar Street, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. Present address for OER: USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, 4101 LaPorte Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA. – T. L. DeVault, USDA, Animal and Plant ...

JamesC. Carlson*, AlanB. Franklin, Doreene R. Hyatt, Susan E. Pettit andGeorgeM. Linz U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, 4101 LaPorte Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA; Bacteriology Section, Diagnostic Laboratories, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, F...

School of Forestry and Wildlife Science, 3301 SFWS Building, Auburn University, AL 36849, USA (NWS) United States Geological Survey, Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, School of Forestry and Wildlife Science, 3301 SFWS Building, Auburn University, AL 36849, USA (MSM, JBG) Present address of NWS: State Lands Division, 64 North Union Street, Suite 464, Montgomery, AL 36104, USA ...