With a circulation of nearly 1500 in 2013, the Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine (JZWM) is one of the most read international, scientific, peer-reviewed journals that features articles on the diagnosis, treatment surgery, and preventive medicine of zoo animals and free-ranging wildlife. It is the official journal of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians (AAZV), the European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians (EAZWV), the American College of Zoological Medicine (ACZM), the European Association of Zoos and Aquariums (EAZA), and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA).

The JZWM was founded by the AAZV in 1970 titled as the Journal of Zoo Animal Medicine and has always been published quarterly. It quickly became a major vehicle for the dissemination of information about zoo animal medicine in North America and later developed an international authorship and readership. It was, and still is, affectionately known by many as the “giraffe” journal because of the prominent giraffe logo on its cover (Figure 70-1). However, in 1987, the logo was revised, with the addition of more species, including cervid, amphibian, shark, avian, chelonian rhinoceros, primate, and cheetah species (Figure 70-2).