Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza – Devastating impact on wildlife in southern Ontario
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), particularly the H5N1 subtype, is having a devastating impact on wildlife in southern Ontario. While…
Rabies in Northern Wildlife: Nunavut Caribou Tests Positive
On April 9th, a barren-ground caribou was discovered attacking equipment unprovoked in Coral Harbour, Nunavut. Based on the aggressive disposition…
Highlights from the 2025 CWHC Annual General Meeting
The Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) convened in Saskatoon from June 3–5 for the 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM), bringing…
Feeder-borne Diseases and Risk to Backyard Birds
Spring at the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) often means an uptick in songbird intake at our facility. The spring…
CWHC Ontario Wild Bird Avian Influenza Update
Highly pathogenic avian influenza continues to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality for wildlife, since its first detection…
SNAPS in 2024
Salamanders aren’t just adorable, they also make a major contribution to ecosystem health and integrity. Sadly, many of our Salamanders…
CWHC at the Heroes 4 Wildlife’s Environmental Awareness Festival
The Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative was well represented at Heroes 4 Wildlife‘s Environmental Awareness Festival in Oshawa, Ontario on October…
West Nile Virus Update for Ontario
After its early start this year (‘West Nile Virus Makes an Early Appearance in Wild Birds in Ontario this Year’),…
Traumatic Reticuloperitonitis in a White-tailed Deer
On June 7th a white-tailed deer was found stumbling around and convulsing in a Toronto Cemetery. She unfortunately passed away…
West Nile Virus Makes an Early Appearance in Wild Birds in Ontario this Year
The 2024 West Nile virus (WNV) season has officially started at CWHC Ontario. We detected 3 cases of WNV in…