Bacteria treatment helps bats survive white-nose syndrome
White-nose syndrome has devastated bat populations across much of North America, but researchers have found that applying probiotic bacteria can reduce the ...
wildlife disease
New canine distemper virus strain found in New England
In December 2016, Patrick Tate, a wildlife biologist with the state of New Hampshire Fish and Game, noticed a fisher (Martes pennanti) breathing heavily under a ...
Better collaboration needed to tackle pervasive cat disease
Wildlife managers, doctors and veterinarians need to collaborate more to get ahead of toxoplasmosis — a zoonotic disease originating in felines — which affects ...
Coyotes are eating raccoons’ rabies vaccination bait
Coyotes (Canis latrans) and feral swine (Sus scrofa) have been unintentionally vaccinated by stealing bait intended to inoculate raccoons (Procyon lotor) from ...
White-nose syndrome driving Minnesota’s bats to extinction
White-nose syndrome has greatly affected hibernating bats in just four years in Minnesota. According to the state’s Department of Natural Resources, the disease ...
USFWS sued over winter feeding
Defenders of Wildlife, the Sierra Club and the National Wildlife Refuge Association sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in an effort to halt the winter feeding ...
AFWA passes resolutions on joint TWS-AFS conference, CWD
The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies passed seven new resolutions at their recent meeting in Tampa, Florida. The resolutions highlight several keys topics ...
Viruses linked with seal strandings in New England
With an unusually high number of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) washing up dead on beaches in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, preliminary tests have turned ...
Captive deer are still wildlife in Missouri
The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that state conservation officials have the authority to regulate captive cervid herds in order to prevent the spread of chronic ...
Alaska seeks to combat pneumonia in wild sheep and goats
Early last month, a strain of bacteria known to cause pneumonia in wild sheep and mountain goats in the continental United States was found in Alaska. This pathogen ...