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VICTORIA — Researchers say a deadly disease starts out slow but has the potential to devastate British Columbia's deer population over time, after the discovery of the first cases in the province. The concerns come after the B.C.

VICTORIA - Researchers say a deadly disease starts out slow but has the potential to devastate British Columbia's deer population over time, after the discovery of the first cases in the province.

Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada

Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada

A fatal illness that plagued populations of feral rabbits in Calgary earlier this year is threatening to do the same in Canmore

Zoos, bird rescue groups and other animal facilities are grappling with a “radically different” outbreak of avian influenza.

Provincial investigators are closely watching for signs of any new outbreaks of a highly infectious and deadly disease that has decimated feral rabbit colonies in Edmonton and Calgary.

Alberta chicken farmers are bracing for a second wave of avian flu infection this fall as the death toll among the province’s flocks has surpassed one million. 

Concern is growing that the lethal rabbit hemorrhagic disease, known to wipe out rabbit populations, is spreading in the city.

Provincial officials are hopeful the worst of a deadly wave of avian flu that swept through the province has now passed.