Ringed Seal Workshop in Iqaluit an important first step
A workshop on ringed seals was held in Iqaluit, Nunavut, in early March, the first time such a workshop was…
What It’s Like to Be a Bird – Book Review.
Bird Sense: What It’s Like to Be a Bird by Tim Birkhead Bloomsbury. 2012. 265 pp. $16.00 (paperback) ISBN 978…
Welcome Dr. Nemeth!
The CCWHC Ontario/Nunavut region is very pleased to introduce our newest associate member, Dr. Nicole Nemeth, a wildlife/zoo pathologist who…
Type E Botulism strikes again in the Great Lakes
“The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) announced (on Friday, December 6, 2013) that Type E botulism has…
Baylisascaris – the raccoon roundworm
I recently did a post-mortem on a young raccoon that was among a small group found dead in a wealthy…
Early Type E Botulism Activity
Type E Botulism, which has become a more or less annual event on the lower Great Lakes, causing significant avian…
Update: West Nile Virus in Ontario
An increased number of telephone reports of dead crows have been received by the CCWHC laboratory in Ontario over the…
Effects of Domestic Cats on Wildlife
Most people tend to think of cats as familiar, sometimes friendly and mostly harmless domestic pets. However, in ecological terms,…
Turtles: the hazards of the nesting season
In Ontario, there are 8 species of native turtles: the Midland Painted Turtle, Snapping Turtle, Blanding’s Turtle, Northern Map Turtle,…
Bobcat dies from porcupine quill injury
In early March, the bodies of a bobcat and a deer were found together on a frozen lake in mid-central…