Category: Trauma

Birds / Diagnostic Highlights / Saskatchewan / Surveillance / Trauma / Website Rotator / Western/Northern

2020-11-02

Bird Strikes and the Discovery of an Unusual Vireo: The Perils and Insights of Fall Migration

By now, fall migration has largely wrapped up in the Western/Northern region. Migration presents a host of dangers as birds run the gauntlet from their Canadian breeding grounds to their wintering grounds in the...

Mammals / News & Announcements / Quebec / Trauma / Uncategorized / Website Rotator

2019-09-04

Evidence of predation of a grey seal by a shark in the Magdalen islands

The Réseau québécois d’urgence des mammifères marins (RQUMM)submitted a series of pictures of a grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) that was found stranded at the end of August in the Magdalen Islands, Quebec. This seal,...

Quebec / Trauma / Website Rotator

2018-08-07

Canada geese in the wrong place, at the wrong time

On June 14, 52 adult Canada geese (Branta canadensis) were found dead in Contrecœur, Quebec. All carcasses were in the water of the St. Lawrence River in a relatively small area. Several seemingly healthy...

Quebec / Trauma / Website Rotator

2018-08-07

Des bernaches du Canada qui se trouvaient au mauvais endroit, au mauvais moment

Le 14 juin dernier, 52 bernaches du Canada (Branta canadensis) adultes ont été retrouvées mortes à Contrecœur, Québec. Toutes les carcasses étaient dans l’eau du Fleuve Saint-Laurent sur une zone relativement restreinte. Plusieurs bernaches...

Atlantic / Birds / Reports / Trauma / Website Rotator

2018-04-30

Transmitter Tracked Bald Eagle Accidentally Snared

A Bald Eagle was found dead after accidentally being caught in a snare in central New Brunswick. The unusual factor in this very unfortunate mishap, is that this eagle was equipped with a GeoTrak...

Birds / Citizen Science / Mycoplasmosis / National / Science citoyenne / Surveillance / Trauma / Traumatismes / Trichomonosis / Website Rotator

2018-04-23

Keeping Your Backyard Birds Healthy This Spring and Summer

The spring migration of birds is currently underway and soon we will be treated to the familiar sights and sounds of returning bird species to their northern breeding grounds. Many people encourage species to...

Bats / Birds / Fish / Mammals / National / Reptiles and Amphibians / Trauma / Website Rotator / Whales

2018-04-09

The Impact of Trauma on Wildlife Health

Between the spring and fall of 2017 North Atlantic right whales experienced a mass mortality event caused by collisions with vessels and entanglements in fishing gear, resulting in the deaths of 16 whales during...

Citizen Science / Inanition / Quebec / Trauma / Website Rotator

2017-12-15

A look back: Was the winter 2016 – 2017 challenging for barred owls in Quebec?

Several cases of primary inanition From April 2016 to March 2017 a total of 56 barred owls (Strix varia) were submitted for post-mortem examination at the CWHC Quebec Regional Centre. This represents the highest...

Atlantic / Collaborations / Quebec / Trauma / Whales

2017-10-20

North Atlantic Right Whale Mortality Event in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

During the summer and early fall of 2017 an unprecedented mortality event occurred involving North Atlantic right whales (NARW; Eubalaena glacialis) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (GSL). Between June and September, 12 NARWs...

Category: Trauma

Bird Strikes and the Discovery of an Unusual Vireo: The Perils and Insights of Fall Migration

Evidence of predation of a grey seal by a shark in the Magdalen islands

Canada geese in the wrong place, at the wrong time

Des bernaches du Canada qui se trouvaient au mauvais endroit, au mauvais moment

Transmitter Tracked Bald Eagle Accidentally Snared

Keeping Your Backyard Birds Healthy This Spring and Summer

The Impact of Trauma on Wildlife Health

A look back: Was the winter 2016 – 2017 challenging for barred owls in Quebec?

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