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Dave Jessup, DVM

Dave Jessup, DVM

David Jessup - WHSG Regional Coordinator for the United States and Canada California Department of Fish and Game


Dr. David Jessup is the Senior Wildlife Veterinarian of the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG). His laboratory in Santa Cruz, California, responds to environmental disasters (such as oil spills and die offs) involving marine mammals and birds, investigates the effects of various forms of pollution, conducts pathology and epidemiology research and service on marine species, cooperates with and provides the biomedical perspective on a variety of environmental and ecological field research efforts, and provides animal care for a limited number of sea otters involved in conservation research.


"I've been at this for over 27 years now and these days others do much of the intellectual heavy lifting. My job is to make sure everyone gets paid, that we stay on track and keep moving forward, that we do good science, but also that the science informs policy decisions".
Long term support of several Federal and State agencies and a number of universities and non governmental organisations are central to the success of the CDFG programme.


Before he started working on marine species, Dave had developed programmes to address the health and welfare needs of deer, elk, bighorn sheep, pronghorn, bears, cougar, wild turkeys and waterfowl. "I was fortunate enough to get into wildlife veterinary medicine very early on, there were only a handful of vets working full time in wildlife conservation, when it was just beginning to be accepted and recognized as a really cool thing to do with your life. It was what I was put on this earth to do and I have been lucky enough to find the support to build programs and help others enter this side of the profession. I get a lot of satisfaction from seeing my colleagues and intellectual children take wildlife medicine to levels I've only dreamed of."


Dave has also worked on wildlife projects in Mexico, India, Zimbabwe and South Africa. As the WHSG regional coordinator for North America, he hopes to foster and encourage cooperation and collaborations that will bring more intellectual, financial and organizational resources to bear on problems in developing nations. He also hopes to promote ecological perspectives on health that include human and livestock interests and to continue to see the integration of preventive veterinary health perspectives into the management of North American wildlife.


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California Department of Fish and Game

Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center