Vancouver Island group repeals annual rabbit display due to deathly virus
VICTORIA — A illness that is deathly to rabbits has prompted the Vancouver Island Rabbit Breeders Association to repeal its annual display . A notice posted on the association's website tells its 100th anniversary display in Victoria has been repealed because rabbit hemorrhagic illness has been approved in the Vancouver Island cities of Nanaimo & Comox. The association tells it intends to reschedule the display as recently as worries about the spread of the illness have eased. There is no pollen in Canada for the virus, that has just been announced 3 other times in this country, however the B.C. worries about the rapid spread of rabbit hemorrhagic illness prompted the Greater Vancouver Zoo to remove its rabbits from its petting zoo over the Easter weekend & those animals remember under quarantine.
Grey squirrels spread deathly virus to reds
according to A baby red squirrel, 1 3 named after Lord of the Rings characters, is treated at National Wildlife Rescue Centre after being blown from a nest SCOTTISH SPCAA project Determine up to keep Scotland's red squirrels is Combating to contain a suspected outbreak of a potentially fatal illness. keeping Scotland's Red Squirrels (SSRS) has received multiple reports of the animals by suspected squirrelpox virus in Heathhall Forest near Dumfries. Officials warned that the illness, that is deathly to red squirrels however not considered harmful to humans, can have serious consequences for the red squirrel inhabitance. various animals clearly displaying the classic Signs of the illness, that is toted & spread by non-local grey squirrels that aren't influenced, have been spotted by project staff & members of the public within the past 2 weeks. Signs involve weeping lesions on the face, paws & genitalia, that protect the red squirrel from eating, drinking…collected by :Sandra Alex
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