Atlantic Veterinary College

• P.E.I. bald eagle receives rare surgery, heads to new home in Halifax

  He won't be able to soar into the skies or skim the waters with his wings, but a bald eagle treated at the Atlantic Veterinary College after being hit by a car, is doing well.

  Canada

  Jan 6, 2023
  
• Avian flu halts wild bird rehab for the year at the Atlantic Veterinary College

  Wild birds compose about 85 per cent of the clinic's caseload, adding that the veterinary college admitted about 425 wild birds in 2021.

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2022
  
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• Researchers say virus likely killed P.E.I. crows

  The disease is easily spread through feces and other secretions while crows are roosting in densely populated areas during the winter.

  Canada

  Mar 2, 2022
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• Right whale deaths in the past month have almost wiped out recent population gains

  The population gains made this spring have been almost wiped out - and it's still early in the foraging season off Canada's east coast.

  Environment

  Jun 28, 2019
• Patients ‘leap out of bed’ to see P.E.I. horse who visits palliative facility

  Billy the Norwegian Fjord horse visits the Provincial Palliative Care Facility in Charlottetown every week.

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2018
• Halifax Lancers launch online fundraising campaign after horses quarantined with strangles

  Strangles is a highly contagious bacterial infection that affects horses and other equines. 

  Canada

  May 28, 2018
• Human activity blamed for increase in right whale deaths: report

  Scientists say ship strikes and entanglements in fishing gear are the greatest threats to the slow-moving animals.

  Canada

  Oct 5, 2017