Rabies

Abstract The Animal Damage Control Reports arereports detailing the expenditures, employee statistics, and wildlife control activities each fiscal year in every state starting in the early 1900s. They document the activities of the National Wildlife Research Center’s predecessor, the Animal Damage Control Program, and the evolution of wildlife management practices over the course of a century. The oldest Animal Damage Control Reports on record are from the year 1915, slightly after the Division of...

Abstract

Craig A. Ramey worked as Research Wildlife Biologist with Center from 1989-2017, where he investigated canine rabies, gas cartridges, and pesticide impacts on birds and skunks. He was also instrumental in setting up the Center’s Registration Unit, where he developed and maintained the pesticide registration database for monitoring the progress of data collection for pesticide registration with the EPA.

Scope and Contents

This series includes files about wildlife diseases such as rabies and plague. Also included are rodent control-related records.