Wildlife Disease Association WDA
Focus of the WDA
* Endangered Species – WDA members with international, state, provincial, federal, and private agencies have been intimately involved in efforts to preserve and improve the status of endangered species populations. Efforts include monitoring the status of the black-footed ferret in Wyoming, determining the impact of diseases on eagles in the West and of gray wolves in the North Central states.
* Game and Furbearing Animals – Extensive research and surveillance have provided untold benefits to wildlife through private and public agencies by enhancing understanding of the impact of diseases on wild animal populations.
*Wildlife Conservation – Many members, working as and/or with wildlife biologists, investigate the effects of environmental toxins, habitat alterations, and introduction of exotic species on the health of native wildlife.
Endemic animal species are those animal species that evolved in a particular area and are restricted to it. The area may be a country or continent or more significantly a small area like a mountaintop or island or lake.
