Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine

Wildlife Rules and Acts are some regulation by government body to save and conserve wild and zoo animals.

Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Parks in India are located in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal) should be known with regard to the understanding in a thorough manner about the various wild animal species belonging to multiple species.

The components of wildlife habitats may be multiple. However, for the purpose of understanding, major ones are, food, cover, water and space.

Habitat of Wild Animals is a place in which a particular organism or species lives. Factors influencing the habitat of the wild animals are variable in nature and act on different intensities, in general.

The Reptiles class has about 12,263 species and evolved from the primitive amphibians. Birds and mammals have evolved from reptiles. Reptiles are the ectothermic animals and air breathing vertebrates.

Marine mammals of zoo and wildlife importance are belongs to Cetacea, Pinnipedia and Sirenia orders.

Mustelids are small animals with elongated bodies, short legs, short skulls, short, round ears, and thick fur, this group comprises, otters, martens, weasels, pole cats and badgers zoo and wild animals.

The Ursids (Bears) have a compact body with a short neck and quadrupedal gait. However, they are capable of standing like human and are prone for stereotypical behavior if left uncared or bored.

Viverrids are the diverse are the old world carnivores. Most viverrids have scent glands in the anal region that can emit a strong smelling fluid and these scent materials secreted from the genera Civettictis, Vicerra, and Viverricula are called “civet”.

The canids are the commonly sighted wild animals in general. The offspring are born relatively underdeveloped and are very dependent on their parents for their survival.