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Canada & United States agree on a protocol of cross-border transit of animals in emergency situations

March 11, 2022March 11, 2022 - by cmedia

Cross border transit of animals. Image credit: Twitter handle of Animal Transit Boxes Ottawa/CMEDIA: Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health …

Climate change / Earth / Wild Life

Everyone must commit to preserving Earth’s “invaluable and irreplaceable wildlife,”: UN chief

March 3, 2022March 3, 2022 - by cmedia

New York/CMEDIA: Everyone must commit to preserving the Earth’s “invaluable and irreplaceable wildlife,” the UN chief said on Wednesday in his message for World Wildlife Day. “Each year…we celebrate the …

Earth / Science / Wild Life

Canada: B.C. researchers uncover mechanism that prevents large whales from drowning while feeding on krill

January 23, 2022January 23, 2022 - by cmedia

#Canada; #BCResearch; #LargeWhales; #Krill Vancouver (BC)/CMEDIA: The University of British Columbia (UBC)’s new research uncovers a special mechanism in the back of mouths of lunge-feeding whales and large whales that …

Climate change / Wild Life

British Columbia-based trading company fined $75,000, ordered to forfeit 20,196 shark fins

January 19, 2022January 20, 2022 - by cmedia

#SharkFins; #BC; #EnvironmentCanada; #ProtectingEndangeredSpecies Vancouver/CMEDIA: On January 17, 2022, British Columbia-based, Hang Hing Herbal Medicine Ltd. was sentenced to a fine of $75,000 after earlier pleading guilty to a charge …

Earth / Wild Life

COVID-19 found first time in Canadian wildlife with three Quebec deer infected

December 1, 2021January 20, 2022 - by cmedia

Image: White-tailed deer. Image credit: Wikipedia.org #CanadianWildLife; #Covid19Virus; #WildWhiteTailedDeer; #Quebec; #NCFAD; #WOAH; #EnvironmentCanada Ottawa/CMED: The COVID-19 virus has been detected in Canadian wildlife for the first time late last month in three wild …