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Photo by Vlad Kutepov on Unsplash These ecologically important animals have been at the center of many major viral outbreaks, and we are beginning to understand why Marnie Willman Virology University of Manitoba Bannatyne and National Microbiology Laboratory February 4, 2020 In 2001, Nipah virus emerged in India, causing an estimated 66 cases and 45 deaths after people unknowingly drank contaminated raw date palm sap.
Last weekend, Whistler lost its second black bear due to human-bear conflict. Despite issuing a wildlife alert and several attempts to haze the bear away, the animal was destroyed after it climbed atop a picnic table in Rainbow Park with people present. As Conservation Officer Service Sgt. Simon Gravel explained following the incident, the bear exhibited severely habituated and food-conditioned behaviour, and was therefore a risk to public safety.
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