PGC, U. Penn Vet Partner to Protect Wildlife in Pennsylvania

White-nose syndrome has killed 99 percent of most cave-bat species.

Chronic wasting disease continues to spread to new parts of Pennsylvania, infecting and killing deer and threatening hunting tradition.

West Nile virus has left Pennsylvania’s state bird, the ruffed grouse, with an uncertain future.

At no time in history has disease posed more problems for wildlife and its conservation.

And that’s why a new partnership between the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) has formed to address those problems head-on.

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