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'No alternative' to squirrel cull
BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk
27 Aug 2008
Area: Scotland United Kingdom - Map It 
A rapid response service is being set up to help trap and kill grey squirrels across southern Scotland. It is part of the Red Squirrels in South Scotland (RSSS) project to try to control grey squirrel numbers and stop the spread of the squirrel pox virus. Landowners and wildlife and forestry agencies will work to create a "buffer zone" against the disease. Environment Minister Mike Russell said the humane destruction of grey squirrels was "absolutely necessary".
Anthrax kills park's bisonPrince Albert Daily Herald - www.paherald.sk.ca
26 Aug 2008
Image courtesy of Parks Canada
Area: Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan, Canada - Map It
An anthrax outbreak among plains bison at Prince Albert National Park forced the closure of two trails Monday. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed four cases of anthrax among 13 carcasses found in the remote southwest corner of the park, about 40 kilometres from the Waskesiu townsite. The bison were part of a free-roaming herd, which is now being monitored by Parks Canada. "There is no threat to any of the visitors that are using the park," said Norm Stolle, resource conservation supervisor with Parks Canada.
Native crayfish faces US threat BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk
27 Aug 2008
Area: United Kingdom - Map It
An aggressive American crayfish is threatening the existence of a protected native crayfish in a river. The American signal crayfish has entered part of the Afon Llwyd in Torfaen and is taking over the habitat of the white-clawed crayfish. Native crayfish have been wiped out in some rivers by the much larger signals, with whom they compete for food. The American signal also carries crayfish plague, to which it is largely resistant, unlike its British cousin.
Beach rangers needed to protect birds, pets from botulism
Charlevoix Courier - www.charlevoixcourier.com
26 Aug 2008
AJ Hoffman
Area: Michigan United States - Map It
. . . Knott said that they’re just now beginning to see some confirmed deaths in Ludington, as well as a non-confirmed one in Manistee. A case is likely to include several dead birds in a specific area. If there are a dozen or more dead birds, it tends to point towards a botulism outbreak. Botulism spores (the resting stage of the bacteria) are naturally occurring in soils and aquatic sediments of many lakes and in the gills and digestive tracts of fish living in those lakes. The spores can remain in an ecosystem for a very long time, sometimes years, and are very resistant to temperature changes.
OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS
Image courtesy of iStockphoto/Kim Bunker- Pictured: Fishing Technology Letting Turtles Off The Hook
- DNR Acts to Implement CWD Surveillance and Response Plan
- Protection zones not helping reefs, study finds
- Oil Spill At Harbor Creates Threat To Wildlife
- Little devils throw a lifeline to threatened species
WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS
Online GIS services for mapping and sharing disease information - art. no. 8
International Journal of Health Geographics. 2008 Feb 25; 7: 8-8
S Gao et al [free full-text avaialble]
Amphibian Commerce as a Likely Source of Pathogen Pollution
Conservation Biology. 2008; Epub ahead of print [free full-text avaialble]
AM Picco and JP Collins
Modeling distribution of dispersal distances in male white-tailed deer
Journal of Wildlife Management; 2008 Aug; 72 (6): 1296-1303 [online abstract only]
DR Diefenbach et al.
The spatial distribution of badgers, setts and latrines: the risk for intra-specific and badger-livestock disease transmission
Ecography. 2008 Aug; 31 (4): 525-537 [online abstract only]
M Bohm et al.
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