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Providing continuous service since
1957 for the health of this nation's
wildlife
resources, domestic livestock, and people.
Southeastern Wildlife Health
Development Fund
| If you enjoy wildlife and believe that wildlife is a measure
of environmental quality, please join with other conservationists in
supporting SCWDS. Your tax deductible contribution of any amount
will help expand and strengthen efforts to prevent or minimize disease
problems in wildlife.
To fully achieve its mission of enhancing wildlife, SCWDS needs more
help than is available from government entities.
Consequently, SCWDS has established The Southeastern Wildlife Health
Development
Fund to accept private donations. Gifts such as yours can help
upgrade
the scope and quality projects sponsored by state and federal wildlife
agencies. Your contribution is vital to help SCWDS maintain
vigorous, healthy wildlife populations. All gifts are tax
deductible.
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In cooperation with biologists from the
West Virginia Division of
Natural Resources, former SCWDS Staff
Veterinarian and graduate student, Dr. Joe Gaydos, holds a tranquilized
black bear. |
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Here are some ways your donation will
be used:
- Establish an Endowed Funding Base.
SCWDS depends primarily on annual contracts from supporting state and
federal agencies. Thus, it is constantly vulnerable to budget
upheavals in
both state and federal governments. Such financial instability
makes
long-term studies and continuity of personnel more difficult.
Large
gifts will be placed in trust to provide sustained support for SCWDS.
- Spread Knowledge.
SCWDS publications include over 432 scientific articles; an award
winning book on deer diseases; a wildlife diseases field
manual with color photographs; range maps for U.S.
big game; and brochures on Lyme disease, brucellosis, and other
topics. The staff
also has
conducted workshops and seminars to train wildlife managers , animal
health
officials, and veterinarians nationwide. Your contribution can
help
expand this education program to reach many more people who would
benefit
from wildlife health information.
- Enhance Graduate and Post-Graduate
Training.
SCWDS faculty members teach graduate students in the College of
Veterinary Medicine and the D.B. Warnell School of Forest
Resources. SCWDS also offers post-graduate
fellowships
when finances permit. These students receive professional
training
to become future wildlife health experts, and their research projects
result
in valuable contributions to the knowledge of wildlife diseases.
Your
dollars invested in their education will help protect our Nation's
precious wildlife for future generations.
For more information please contact:
Dr. John
Fischer
Southeastern
Cooperative
Wildlife Disease Study
Wildlife Health
Building
College of
Veterinary Medicine
University of
Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
(706) 542-1741
jfischer@vet.uga.edu
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