Category Archives: Conservation

Transmission – A Wild Sheep Society Film on M.Ovi

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Many conservationists are aware of the danger of M.Ovi. The full name for this infectious bacteria is Mycoplasma Ovipneumoniae (M.Ovi). It is passed from domestic sheep to wild sheep. Although domestic sheep can tolerate the bacteria it is almost always fatal for wild sheep.

This film explores the impact of M.Ovi, following Dr. Helen Schwantje, the lead wildlife veterinarian for the BC Provincial government and a sheep farmer. Helen is at the forefront of the battle against M.Ovi.

If you do not know about M.Ovi, or you want to learn more, check out the trailer:

Transmission | Official Trailer from Filter Studios on Vimeo.

North Shore Fish and Game will endeavour to screen the film in the near future. If you’d be interested in attending, please contact us.

What Skull is This?

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During our club spring bear hunt the kids found this skull:

Most of the nasal bones/cartilage are gone, but teeth are in pretty good shape.
Judging by the thumb this thing is about 5″ long.

So, what is it? Given that it was a spring *bear* hunt the obvious guess was bear, except it’s kind of small.

Here are some pics of a bear skull from a mid-sized sow I got a few years ago:

There are a lot of obvious similarities. The sow was probably about a 5 1/2 bear.

Our speculation? The skull the kids found was that of a black bear cub. Cause of death? Who knows?

What do you think?