Dr. Marc Cattet is a research associate with the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) and an adjunct professor in the Department of Veterinary Pathology at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon, Canada. He is currently engaged in major studies of environmental health assessment in grizzly bear landscape ecology, of new measures of […]
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We recommend to all interested in the research on the brown bears a movie from the series “Dancing with Nature” realised by the TVP http://www.tanczacyznatura.tvp.pl/21488540/odcinek-5-wsluchani-w-niedzwiedzia. Nuria Selva, Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica and Filip Zieba talk about what and how we study in, among others, the GLOBE project. “This time “Dancing with Nature” are looking for […]
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Big game hunting is providing scavengers with large amounts of carrion every year and, thus, affecting ecosystems and animal communities. In Europe, hunters discard about 100 million tonnes of carcasses and remains each year. This paper reviews the vertebrate species consuming carrion derived from this activity across different ecosystems in the world. As much […]
Read moreWe already know the results of Eryk’s autopsy. Paralyzed animal was found in the Jaworzynka Valley in the Tatra National Park. Unfortunately, to shorten Eryk’s suffering doctors decided to put the animal down. Eryk’s autopsy was performed by the veterinary doctors of the Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Bird and Exotic […]
Read moreEric, one of the oldest Tatra bears, is dead. Eric was one of the bears observed in collaboration with the Tatra National Park. In April 2014 Eryk was captured and radiocollared. For the whole last year we’ve got plenty of information on biology, ecology and behavior of the Tatra bears. Unfortunately, paralyzed animal was found […]
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