The PVC 's Zoo/Exotic/Wildlife Interest Group (ZEW) focuses on the fields of Veterinary Medicine, Zoology, and Animal Ecology that involve wildlife as well as zoo and exotic animals. ZEW events often include activities involving the general care, training, showing, nutrition, pathology, virology, toxicology, physiology, diagnosis, medical treatment, ethical treatment, surgery, recovery, and rehabilitation of Zoo/Exotic/Wildlife. ZEW often takes field trips to wildlife sanctuaries and rehabilitation centers, commercial zoos, and exotic rescues/sanctuaries.