Positive Pigeons: Dealing with questionable results in avian influenza surveillance
In the spring of 2022, North America’s wild bird populations experienced an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). We…
The CWHC Annual Report for 2022/2023
We are very happy to present the 2022/2023 Annual report of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC). The explosive spread…
Introducing our newest staff member
My name is Nataliya Morgun and I am a Research Analyst at the CWHC. I provide administrative and financial support…
Prédation de phoques gris par de grands requins blancs dans le Golfe du Saint-Laurent : une cause de mortalité en augmentation?
Au cours de l’été 2023, le Réseau québécois d’urgence des mammifères marins (RQUMM) a reçu des signalements pour plusieurs cas…
Predation of grey seals by great white sharks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence: an increasing cause of mortality?
During the summer of 2023, the Réseau québécois d’urgence des mammifères marins (RQUMM) received reports of several suspected cases of…
Carnivorous Cervids—aka bone munching deer
In July, a mule deer doe (Odocoileus hemionus) was euthanized by Alberta Fish and Wildlife due to poor body condition…
A Human Outbreak of Shigellosis Reveals the Variety of Infectious Organisms Carried in Wild Urban Rat Feces
A rat darts down your grimy city sidewalk. While rats have notoriously spread the Black Death across Medieval Europe, what…
CWHC participates in the delivery of BC bat capture course
Nobody is born a bat researcher but with the right training, anyone can become a bat researcher. That is, as…
Welfare and Handling Recommendations for Bat Censuses in Canada
It is with great pleasure that we announce the availability of “Welfare and Handling Recommendations for Bat Censuses in Canada”…
Glue traps result in animal cruelty
Earlier this summer three, 6 week old red squirrels were brought to the Atlantic Veterinary College Wildlife Service in PEI.…