Projects and Cases
CCWHC member contributes to Charlottetown’s Sustainability Plan
Fiep deBie, wildlife technician with the CCWHC and member of the Island Nature Trust board, attended the stakeholders’ meetings dealing with the City’s Sustainability Plan. Read more…
ASFWB, 46th meeting, New Brunswick, 2009
Drs Scott McBurney and María Forzán attended the latest annual meeting of the Atlantic Society of Fish and Wildlife Biologists (ASFWB).
Scott reported on antler deformities and their potential implications for the recovery of the endangered mainland moose population of Nova Scotia. He has been documenting the causes of death and health status of the mainland moose for the last 10 years as part of the team of scientists participating in the Endangered Mainland Moose Recovery Team.
María reported on the results of the survey of frogs on PEI for the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis conducted this past summer, 2009 by the Amphibian Health Research Network (AHRN), a recently established as a joint effort between CCWHC and the UPEI Biology Department.
Necropsy Lab for Holland College and UPEI Biology students. Read more…
Wildlife Rotation, AVC, 2009. Read more…
Rabies vaccination of raccoons and skunks in New Brunwick. Read more…
Blue Whale Excavation 2008. Read more…
PAST CASES
Ranavirus outbreak in New Brunswick during the summer 2009
Outbreaks of ranavirus infection were recorded near Oromocto, New Brunswick, beginning in early June 2009. Read more…
Endangered Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle found in Nova Scotia
A Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle was found alive in Morden, NS (at the shore of the Bay of Fundy) on September 30, 2009. The turtle received veterinary care, but unfortunately died October 2nd and … read more.
Blackpoll Warblers, mortality during fall migration. Read more…
Snowy owls in the Canadian Maritimes. Read more…
Trichomoniasis in Finches 2009 – the American Goldfinch is also involved. Read more…
Raccoon distemper in the Nova Scotia, 2008, read more…
Pilot Whale standed in Eastern in PEI, July 31, 2008. Read more…