Category: Bats

2021-11-08

CWHC teams up with Latin American partners for Bat Week celebrations

Bat Week is an annual, international celebration of the role of bats in nature. The Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) is a proud partner of Bat Week, participating in its organization to help deliver...

Bat Monthly / Bats / White Nose Syndrome

2021-09-01

CWHC National Office publishes national bat health report

It has become increasingly important in Canada to understand and manage bat populations through a holistic bat health approach. Bats are widely distributed throughout most of Canada, and dead and diseased individuals function as...

Bats / Collaborations / News & Announcements / Website Rotator / Western/Northern / White Nose Syndrome

2021-07-20

Confirmed Case of White Nose Syndrome in Northern Manitoba

White Nose Syndrome (WNS) – a fatal fungal infection of bats – has been confirmed in four Little Brown Bats (Myotis lucifugus) found near Cranberry Portage, Manitoba. This it the furthest northern and western...

Bat Monthly / Bats / Parks Canada / White Nose Syndrome

2021-07-05

Fundy National Park Bat Monitoring

Bat observations in Fundy National Park had been scarce in recent years, so we were excited to see several bats roosting and flying around park headquarters last summer. The Resource Conservation team at Fundy...

Bats / British Columbia / News & Announcements / Students / Website Rotator

2021-06-16

More new faces to introduce…

Hi! I’m Imara Beattie, a DVM student at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. I’m working at the B.C. Node of the CWHC this summer under the supervision of Dr. Chelsea Himsworth and Dr....

Bat Monthly / Bats / White Nose Syndrome

2021-06-07

The Ontario Bat Network Speaker Series

March 2020, the 2nd Ontario Bat Meeting was held by the Toronto Zoo’s Native Bat Conservation Program. Many braved the winter storm to see the latest in bat conservation in Ontario with representatives from...

Bats

2020-11-13

CWHC organizes Bat Health mini-webinar

The Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, National Office, organized and delivered a mini-webinar highlighting various topics related to bat health in Canada. The mini-webinar consisted of flash presentations where the invited speakers only had five...

Bat Monthly / Bats / White Nose Syndrome

2020-05-14

Atlantic Canada Bat Week and Webinar

Across Atlantic Canada there is an active community of non-governmental organizations, federal and provincial governments, indigenous organizations, academics, and volunteers working to monitor and research bats. With these ongoing efforts collaboration of bat research...

Atlantic / Bats / Teaching/Training / Website Rotator / Workshops

2020-04-23

CWHC Atlantic delivers second round of workshops on how to manage bats in buildings.

In January and early February 2020, the CWHC’s bat health team delivered free workshops in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia targeted for pest control operators (PCOs) and nuisance wildlife control officers (NWCOs) with the...

Bat Monthly / Bats / Uncategorized / White Nose Syndrome

2020-04-02

Understanding WNS resistance mechanisms in big brown bats

Every winter, many of Canada’s insect-eating bats perform a nearly unbelievable feat of endurance – survival without eating for up to 8 months. They do this by accumulating several grams of fat in fall,...

Category: Bats

CWHC teams up with Latin American partners for Bat Week celebrations

CWHC National Office publishes national bat health report

Confirmed Case of White Nose Syndrome in Northern Manitoba

Fundy National Park Bat Monitoring

More new faces to introduce…

The Ontario Bat Network Speaker Series

CWHC organizes Bat Health mini-webinar

Atlantic Canada Bat Week and Webinar

CWHC Atlantic delivers second round of workshops on how to manage bats in buildings.

Understanding WNS resistance mechanisms in big brown bats

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