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Avian cholera threatens Arctic eider duck colonies: scientists
CBC News - www.cbc.ca
03 Dec 2008
Area: Canadian Artic
Canadian scientists say they fear avian cholera could put the future of some eider duck colonies in the Arctic in jeopardy. Avian cholera is a potent bacteria-based disease that has affected common eider duck colonies in southern Nunavut and in the Nunavik region of northern Quebec in the last few years. "It is having devastating impacts on some of the largest colonies in the Canadian Arctic," said Grant Gilchrist, a research scientist with the National Wildlife Research Centre in Ottawa. While avian cholera is highly contagious among waterfowl and other bird species, it cannot be passed on to humans.
Bird die-off hits Presque Isle
Erie Times-News - www.goerie.com
04 Dec 2008
Area: Presque Isle State Park, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA - Map It
Area biologists found 176 dead birds at Presque Isle State Park on Nov. 25. Researchers believe the deaths were caused by avian botulism, a seasonal paralytic disease that has swept the Great Lakes since 1999. Biologists found 96 birds between Beaches 1 and 6 on the peninsula. They found 80 more on the shore between the Rotary Pavilion and the maintenance building.
Birder's World - bwfov.typepad.com
04 Dec 2008
Photo credit: Sun Media Corp.
When 500 ducks, including the one pictured above, landed in an Alberta tailing pond last April, the news spread quickly across Canada. All but a handful of the birds died after they sank into the sludge. The media reported the story for days, the public demanded answers, Greenpeace sent protesters, and government officials, including the prime minister, were compelled to call for investigations. Tailing ponds hold the waste produced by petroleum companies that drill and mine the region, and to birds, the ponds look like real bodies of water.
Avian salmonella linked to dirty feeders
Marin Independent Journal - www.marinij.com
03 Dec 2008
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Area: Marin, Marin County, California, USA - Map It
Scientists say an outbreak of avian salmonella is killing songbirds in Marin and likely spreading via outdoor bird feeders. "We have received several calls about dead birds around the feeders," said Melissa Pitkin, education and outreach director for PRBO Conservation Science, a wildlife organization. "Bird disease can occur at feeders and because different birds use them over and over, a disease can spread fast." Calls have come from the Point Reyes and Inverness area in West Marin, but also from more urbanized areas on the east side of the county, officials said. Pine siskins and goldfinches are being affected the most.
Noisy oceans 'threaten sea life'BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk
03 Dec 2008
Increasing noise pollution in the world's oceans is threatening the survival of whales and dolphins, a UN-backed conference has heard. Experts say the noises sea creatures use to communicate are being drowned out by noises from commercial shipping, new military sonar and climate change. They become disoriented, cannot find mates or food and behave differently, scientists say. Suggestions to cut noise include installing quieter engines.
OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS
Photo credit: Fauna & Flora International
Pictured: New Population Of Extremely Rare Snub-Nosed Monkey Discovered [Vietnam]- 'Airport malaria' holds clues to global spread of disease
- Deer Disease Tracked in Pennsylvania
- Ban on hunting with lead ammunition in California condor territory is expanded
- Turtle Egg-Laying Season Thrown Off by Warming [United States]
- Invasive ‘jumping carp’ found in Mississippi River near La Crosse [Wisconsin]
- Kansas lands animal-disease research lab spurned by the Triangle
- Old reef parks survive warming better
- Permethrin detected in venison [New York]
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