Wildlife Health Event Reporter (WHER): Many Eyes - One Health

The Wildlife Health Event Reporter (WHER) is a website that enables anyone with an Internet connection to report sightings of sick or dead wildlife. Researchers in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center in Madison created the WHER so that people around the world can easily share information about possible health threats to wildlife and humans.

WHER is an example of available 'citizen science' tools that capitalizes on the public's ability to help record and map natural phenomena, providing timely information to researchers.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Wildlife Disease
• Surveillance
• Wildlife Mortality
• Human Health
• Emerging Diseases

License:

Standard YouTube License