Alaska center to be wildlife first responder for oil spills
Alaska SeaLife Center has announced plans to become a first responder for marine mammals affected by oil spills in western Alaska.
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Cornell Wildlife Health Center Winter Newsletter 2020-2021
Latest newsletter from our friends at the Cornell Wildlife Health Center.
Chronic Wasting Disease: Can Science Save Our Dear Deer?
Summary article published by USGS on December 28, 2020 covering the current state of CWD in the U.S., as well as current and future research approaches.
CWD Confirmed in Elk in Grand Teton National Park
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Wildlife Health Laboratory confirmed that an elk in Grand Teton National Park tested positive for chronic wasting disease.
Recent Articles on Plastics in Wildlife
Recent articles by The Wildlife Society and the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative blog.
Role of wolves in limiting the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease
Could wolves help limit the spread of chronic wasting disease through the “predator cleansing effect?”
Aquadocs Podcast: Conversations about aquatic medicine and conservation
Join each week as host Michelle Greenfield interviews veterinarians and other animal health and science experts about ways they are making a difference in the aquatic medicine community.
Surgically Implanting River Otters with Intra-Abdominal Radio Transmitters Using Reversible Non-DEA Scheduled Drugs
This news story by The Wildlife Society describes a recent study using an anesthetic protocol of non-scheduled drugs for field surgery of River Otters.
Listeria found in wild gray foxes in New Hampshire
Listeria has been found in two New Hampshire wild gray foxes by investigators at the New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire
California tightens rules on rat poisons that kill wildlife
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed a bill widely restricting the use of certain highly potent rat poisons that are blamed for killing mountain lions, birds and endangered wildlife.
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