CCWHC Executive Director Elected to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
The CCWHC is pleased to announce that our Executive Director, Ted Leighton, was recently elected a Fellow of the Canadian…
It’s raining… rat poison?
Norway and black rats are notorious for being able to exploit any resources available to them. Because of this adaptability,…
DRIT and rabies surveillance in Québec
This fall marked a milestone in the annual rabies surveillance program in Québec: the 10,000th animal was tested for rabies…
How human activities are killing birds in Canada
Recently, researchers in the United States reported that that free-ranging domestic cats kill 1.4-3.7 billion birds and 6.9-20.7 billion mammals…
Listeriosis in wild rabbits & hares in Saskatchewan
A bacterium infamous for its association with food borne illness has caused the death of two wild hares and a…
What’s on the menu?: Examining parasites to determine the diet of wolves.
Wolves are the final hosts for many parasites that are transmitted through the food web. Thus, determining the diversity of…
Who put the dead crow in the freezer?
I realized that we might have an unusual viewpoint on roadkill in our house when the neighbors observed, wide-eyed, as…
Antler Asymmetry
Whether sported atop a magnificent buck in rut, or as the perfect complement to a cozy cabin, you have probably…
Early Type E Botulism Activity
Type E Botulism, which has become a more or less annual event on the lower Great Lakes, causing significant avian…
A second Sowerby’s beaked whale stranding in Eastern Canada this summer
In early July, the carcass of a recently dead male Sowerby’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens) was found stranded on l’Île…