Wildlife

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Wildlife
Featured Topics
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Wildlife Control Guidelines

Wildlife enriches our lives in many ways, but sometimes it can cause property damage or become a nuisance. Fortunately, you can resolve the majority of these conflicts on your property.

Birds of Missouri

About 10,000 species of birds exist in the world and nearly 400 of them have been found in Missouri!

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Wildlife Health

Wildlife health often refers to the monitoring of diseases and their impacts within wildlife populations. But “wildlife health” is much more than the presence or absence of disease.

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Learn More About Feral Hogs

Feral hogs are highly destructive and prolific pests. Feral hogs will eat nearly anything they come in contact with, including many species of native wildlife.

In This Section
Attracting Wildlife
Provide food, water, and cover to turn your property into a lively place full of fun-to-watch Missouri wildlife.
Nuisance and Problem Species
If you care about Missouri’s crops and wildlife, please do what you can to identify, prevent and control the spread of exotic invasive species.
Management Plans
Browse our strategic plans for managing Missouri's fish, forests, and wildlife.
Confined Wildlife Resources
The Missouri Department of Conservation and the Missouri Department of Agriculture are working with state’s wildlife breeding operations and hunting preserves to track and manage the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD).
Wildlife Facts
Learn about animal species commonly found in Missouri.
Report Wildlife Sightings
Black bears and feral hogs make their home in Missouri, and mountain lions are occasional visitors. Learn more about them, their tracks and field signs, and how to report sightings.
Invasive and Nuisance Species
Learn about Missouri’s most common invasive and nuisance species and what you can do if they become problems on your property.
Birds
Find links to all the bird-related webpages on our website.
Wildlife Restoration
Browse Missouri's wildlife restoration success stories.
Wildlife Diseases
Browse this section to learn about diseases that affect wildlife in Missouri and which ones can be harmful to humans and domestic animals.
Wildlife Health
The Missouri Department of Conservation is committed to detecting new and emerging wildlife health concerns and preventing and minimizing the impacts of wildlife diseases when possible.
Wildlife Surveys
Help MDC monitor the state's wildlife populations through one of our wildlife surveys.