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Wasting disease confirmed in Johnson County Elk
Buffalo Bulletin - www.buffalobulletin.com
11 Nov 2009
G Smith
Location: Johnson County, Wyoming, USA - Map It 
For the first time, a bull elk harvested from elk hunt area 35, southwest of Buffalo, tested positive for chronic wasting disease, said Warren Mischke, the Sheridan Information and Education Specialist with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
“This is the first time we have found elk with CWD in area 35,” Mischke said. “This area overlays deer hunt areas 27 and 28. A whitetail deer tested positive for CWD in deer area 27 in 2008.”
According to Mischke, department personnel collected tissue samples from the hunter-harvested elk on Oct. 21. Personnel in the Wyoming Game and Fish Department Laboratory in Laramie analyzed the samples and verified the positive result on Nov. 9.
Wounded Sea Lion Found In Old SacramentoCBS 13 News - cbs13.com
11 Nov 2009
Location: Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA - Map It
A wounded sea lion has been found wandering around in Old Sacramento drawing a crowd of spectators.
. . . It appears to have some kind of head wound possibly a gun shot. CBS13's Ron Jones is watching the sea lion and says it is a "sad sight".
Experts Discuss Complex Nature Of Animal Welfare At Symposium
Cattle Network - www.cattlenetwork.com
10 Nov 2009
Far from being a topic rooted only in science, how we protect animal welfare is affected by such diverse elements as politics, ethics and semantics, international speakers at a welfare symposium at Michigan State University said Monday.
Day one of the three-day Joint International Educational Symposium on Animal Welfare, developed and co-sponsored by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC), kicked off with speakers from as far away as Australia and nearby as East Lansing discussing the vast array of inputs and influences affecting animal welfare decisions.
Reported Wildlife Mortality Events to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center UpdatedUSGS National Wildlife Health Center
09 Nov 2009
Area: United States
USGS and a network of partners across the country work on documenting wildlife mortality events in order to provide timely and accurate information on locations, species and causes of death. This information was updated on November 09, 2009 on the USGS National Wildlife Health Center web page, New and Ongoing Wildlife Mortality Events Nationwide. Quarterly Mortality Reports are also available from this page. These reports go back to 1995.
OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS
- Researchers Identify What Makes Deadly Algae More Toxic [cited journal article]
- More ferrets in Oregon get swine flu from owners [Oregon, USA - Map It ]
- Koalas could be extinct in 30 years: conservationists
- Expert: bats not the bad guys
- Bird Banding [NPR Science Friday - video]
- Wildlife officials worried by trophy poachers
Invasive Species News
- Ban pythons: Congress should halt importation of exotic predators [editorial]
- New Jersey lags on plan for combating invasive species
- 15,000 reasons to worry about invasive species
Photo credit: D Stephens/The Wildlife Trust
- Brown Pelican Flies Off The Endangered List
- Wildlife Trusts welcome marine protection law [image gallery]
WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS
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Diseases of Aquatic Organisms - November 2009
Volume 86, Number 3
Endangered Species Bulletin - Fall 2009 [pdf]
Volume 34, Number 3
Table of Contents include:
- Biologists Track Sea Otter Decline
- Mississippi’s Sandhill Cranes
Number 3
Wildlife Disease Association Newsletter [pdf]
October 2009
TWS News Bulletin - The Wildlifer - October 2009 [pdf]
Issue 355
Cats, rabbits, Myxoma virus, and vegetation on Macquarie Island: a comment on Bergstrom et al
J Applied Ecology. 2009; 46(5): 1129 - 1132
JE Dowding et al.
