Mycobacterium bovis is emerging as an important pathogen of free-ranging wildlife in which it is a potential source of infection for domestic animals and a threat to valuable wildlife species. This review examines the procedures for the detection, diagnosis and management of M. bovis in wildlife populations. The ante-mortem detection of M. bovis infection in wildlife is difficult, due to the co...

The web application Wildlife-Survey Schleswig-Holstein (Wildtier-Kataster, WTK) is introduced which supports distributed acquisition of wildlife related information by hunters/rangers and other people interested in wildlife protection. These data form the basis for scientific evaluations on the wildlife situation in Schleswig-Holstein in addition to official game bag statistics. One subproject,...

Abstract Large‐scale sociological, geographic, and demographic changes affect the way people interact with value wildlife. Beliefs attitudes of stakeholders towards wildlife uses are also shifting along these geographical changes. Changes in societal or professional toward has potential to create alignment issues between professionals society. To inform deliberations within The Wildlife Society...

AFTER WORLDWIDE EFFORT, THE GLOBAL outbreaks of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) (1) were contained in July. However, a recent case discovered in Singapore has generated additional concerns that SARS may resurface. SARS-related efforts have largely centered on crisis control. There is also a fundamental need to develop long-term strategies that can help prevent outbreaks of infectious d...

1 College of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, UK, 2 Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 3 Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences, Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, 4 Endangered Wildlife Trust, Johannesburg, South Africa, 5 Panthera, New York, NY, USA, 6 Depart...

Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, 1013 NE 40th Street, Seattle, WA 98105, USA (KLL) United States Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, 7801 Folsom Boulevard, Suite 101, Sacramento, CA 95826, USA (RJJ [retired]) Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, P.O. Box 65, Viikinkaari 1, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland (EG)...

1 School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041, South Africa; 2 Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa; 3 Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management and Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA, and Department of Anthropological Sciences, Stanford Unive...

Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, NY, USA, Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore, India, 3 Environmental Science and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, 4 India Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bangalore, India, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville...

Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service • West Lafayette, Indiana The establishment and maintenance of food plots can be a component of any wildlife management plan. When used in conjunction with other habitat management techniques, food plots are useful for attracting wildlife. However, landowners may have unrealistic expectations about the utility and function of food plots. Food plot...