Wildlife Health Information Sharing Partnership-event reporting system (WHISPers)
Dates
Publication Date
2021
Start Date
1910
Citation
U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, (year), Wildlife Health Information Sharing Partnership-event reporting system (WHISPers): U.S. Geological Survey database, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9B0A3IM.
Summary
WHISPers stands for Wildlife Health Information Sharing Partnership - event reporting system. It is a web-based repository for sharing basic information about historic and ongoing wildlife mortality (death) and morbidity (illness) events. The system possesses a searchable archive of wildlife mortality and morbidity event data that is available to the public. The information is opportunistically collected and does not reflect all the mortality events that occur in North America.
Summary
WHISPers stands for Wildlife Health Information Sharing Partnership - event reporting system. It is a web-based repository for sharing basic information about historic and ongoing wildlife mortality (death) and morbidity (illness) events. The system possesses a searchable archive of wildlife mortality and morbidity event data that is available to the public. The information is opportunistically collected and does not reflect all the mortality events that occur in North America.
The primary goal of the system is to provide situational awareness to natural resource management partners and the public using timely, accurate information on where wildlife disease events are occurring or have occurred.