Intentional Poisoning of Skunks and Red Fox Results in Conviction in Saskatchewan
In December of 2011, two dead skunks were found in a fenced bee hive enclosure and a dead red fox…
CCWHC Western/Northern Hosts Short Course for SIAST Students
On Friday March 2, 2012 eleven students from SIAST’s Resource and Environmental Law (REL) program along with their 2 instructors,…
Duck trapping for Avian Influenza, in Pictures
In 2005, Canada initiated a national inter-agency survey for influenza A viruses in healthy live wild ducks. This survey was…
Rapid Spread of Lyme Disease a risk in Canada
Lyme disease is an important human disease caused by a bacterium transmitted to people by particular species of ticks. The…
67th Annual International Conference on Diseases in Nature Communicable to Man
The National Microbiology Laboratory will be hosting the 67th Annual International Conference on Diseases in Nature Communicable to Man (INCDNCM)…
Grey seal pup die-off, Hay Island, March 2012
On Sunday, March 4, 2012, a team from the Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre (CCWHC) Atlantic regional node investigated a…
CCWHC Workshop – Calgary Zoo 2012
Click Here to download the Agenda for the 2012 Workshop. Five years ago, the CCWHC critically reviewed its program and…
North American Bat Death Toll Exceeds 5.5 Million From White-nose Syndrome
On the verge of another season of winter hibernating bat surveys, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists and partners estimate…