Wildlife Health

The Pennsylvania Game Commission encourages the public to continue playing a critical role in wildlife health surveillance. Please call us at 1-833-PGC-WILD (742-9453) to report observations of wildlife health issues occurring within the Commonwealth. Any wild birds or mammals that appear abnormal, injured, sick, or are found dead should be reported.

The Game Commission conducts independent and collaborative wildlife health research to better understand the threats that wild birds and mammals are facing in this ever-changing world. Our agency continues to collaborate with the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine through the Wildlife Futures Program to develop wildlife diagnostics, answer pressing wildlife health questions, inform wildlife management strategies, while safeguarding and promoting wildlife health. In addition to collecting biological specimens during wildlife capture operations and field investigations of wildlife mortalities, our research often needs specimens that can be collected from harvested wildlife: click here to see what specimens we’re currently requesting