Category: 2014 – Volume 3 – Issue 2

Original Research

Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance Program and Proactive Response Plan for Ontario, Canada

Rick ROSATTE1, Tore BUCHANAN, Chris DAVIES, Kevin MIDDEL, Brent PATTERSON, Laura BRUCE, Mark GIBSON, Kim BENNETT, Andrew SILVER, Scott TAYLOR, Bev STEVENSON, Dennis DONOVAN, Chris HEYDON, Davor OJKIC, and Brian TAPSCOTT
CWBM 3 (2) : 52 – 68

To date (May 2014), Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has not been reported in free-ranging or farmed cervids in Ontario, Canada (except in captive Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) at the Toronto Zoo during the late 1970s).

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Quantifying the Spatial Ecology of Human-Bear Conflict in a Wildland-Urban Landscape

Mary W. von der PORTEN, Andrew B. COOPER, Nicola A. BICKERTON, and Anne K. SALOMON
CWBM 3 (2) : 69 – 81

Human-carnivore conflict poses a serious conservation challenge worldwide. While non-lethal management strategies are increasingly sought, identifying effective management and conservation tools demands an understanding of the interplay among multiple drivers of conflict and the behavioral ecology of the species in question.

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