CWHC Announces New Executive Director
The Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) has selected Dr. Craig Stephen, a wildlife health specialist and a graduate of the…
Industry volunteers to protect critical wildlife habitat
Marine reefs are suffer under the pressures of climate change and pollution. But in British Columbia, reefs have been given…
St. Lawerence Beluga population at risk
Marine scientists in Quebec are raising alarms that TransCanada Corp.’s proposed Energy East pipeline project will threaten falling beluga populations…
4th Workshop for Canada’s Wildlife Health Professionals in Quebec City
The 4th Workshop for Canada’s Wildlife Health Professionals, organised jointly with the annual meeting of the Réseau faune et zoo…
Scientists Complete Global Inventory of Flu Strains in Birds
A group of international scientists have completed the first global inventory of flu strains in birds by reviewing more than…
White nose syndrome and species extinction
Researchers are growing increasingly concerned over the fate of Canada’s bat populations. It is recommended, that because of the unprecedented…
Lymphoproliferative Disease in Wild Turkeys
Recently, Outdoor Life published an article on surveillance in Maine and New York for a newly recognized disease of wild…
Chronic wasting disease hunter surveillance program cut in Saskatchewan
Recently, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment indicated they have discontinued funding for the chronic wasting disease (CWD) hunter surveillance program…
The Impact of the Nation’s Most Widely Used Insecticides on Birds
A new report commissioned by the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) has assessed commonly used neonicotinoid insecticides to be lethal to…
Snake Fungal Disease in the United States – NWHC Wildlife Health Bulletin
Snake Fungal Disease (SFD) is an emerging disease in certain populations of wild snakes in the eastern and midwestern United…