Grizzly Bear Poaching Conviction in Alberta
On January 31, 2012, a resident of Buck Creek, Alberta, was convicted in Drayton Valley Provincial Court of unlawfully killing…
University of Florida Offers On-line Courses on Aquatic Animal Health
Registration is NOW open for the Summer and Fall semesters! Take Aquatic Animal Health Distance Learning courses through the University…
CCWHC Student Collects Pathogen Information on Birds in Captivity
During the summer of 2011, the Alberta node of CCWHC undertook a project to determine if wild birds submitted to…
Largest Bat Population in New Brunswick Wiped Out by Disease
Investigation of a cave in New Brunswick which is known to have the largest bat population in the province has…
Newest Edition of BIOLINK Now Available
The April 2012 version of BIOLINK (official newsletter of the Atlantic Society of Fish and Wildlife Biologists) contains articles on…
Outbreak of Rabies Cases in Northern Quebec’s Arctic Fox
Rabies is a deadly disease of mammals, including human beings. It is maintained in various populations of wild and feral…
Use of Bait Fish in Quebec – New Regulations
The Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune du Québec has announced its plan to pass a new regulation…
White-nose Syndrome Continues to Spread
The CCWHC Ontario/Nunavut Region is collaborating with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources to conduct surveillance for White-nose Syndrome, which…
Unusual Lesions Seen in Rankin Inlet Caribou Herd
During the late summer and into autumn a problem was observed in caribou in the Rankin Inlet area in Nunavut.…