First issue of Canadian Wildlife Biology and Management now available
The first issue of the open-access Canadian Wildlife Biology & Management is now available online at http://cwbm.ca All papers have…
A new lungworm discovered in Northern Canada’s caribou, muskox and moose.
Roundworms of the Family Protostrongylidae (a group of parasitic roundworms) are often capable of causing disease in wild and domestic…
NSFAH decision to promote non-lead ammunition
The Nova Scotia Federation of Anglers and Hunters (NSFAH) has decided to encourage hunters to switch to non-lead ammunition. They…
Ontario continues efforts to control rabies in wildlife
Ontario has continued with one of the most successful wildlife rabies eradication programs in North America by distributing 385,000 wildlife…
Decline of the George River Caribou Herd.
A survey conducted this summer by the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune (MRNF), in partnership with the…
Emergence of a European parasite in Western Canada
A recent publication in Emerging Infectious Diseases reports a European strain of a pathogenic cestode (Echinococcus multilocularis) in a dog…
New Wildlife Vet in the Yukon
The Animal Health Unit at Environment Yukon has added a new member to their team, Dr. Jane Harms, a graduate…
Issues arise between residents and the number of black bears this year in Glovertown, Newfoundland
The closure of a local dump north of Terra Nova National Park in Newfoundland has coincided with an increase in…
Biologists track Q-fever in Algonquin Park, Ontario
A bacterium known to cause ‘Q-Fever’ in humans and animals was detected in a high percentage of rodents in Algonquin…
Food conditioned wolf shot in Kananaskis Country, Alberta
Park officials in Kananaskis Country, Alberta were required to euthanize a grey wolf as it had become overly habituated to…