Wednesday, May 27, 2009

WILDLIFE NEWS OF THE DAY - 052709

The first installment on a series offering some advice about how to deal with wildlife in your backyard in Los Angeles, California, leads off wildlife news today. A rare white tiger killed one of the workers at a wild animal park in Wellington, New Zealand; a day after a cougar bit a child in eastern Ohio, a pet cougar bit a girl in western Ohio; and more details on the cougar that escaped her cage at a zoo in Great Bend, Kansas, are provided by the last article in the set. A small black bear has been frequenting some towns in Pennsylvania; while residents of an Arkansas community have been warned not to shoot a black bear that is foraging in their area. Two bear stories out of New York state today: a man was arrested for killing a bear; and a dead bear cub was reported along an upstate highway. A New Hampshire homeless man was accosted by a hungry black bear that proceeded to chase him through the woods. Nebraska wildlife officials are warning residents about rabid wildlife in the area. Some background material on Maine's bald eagle success story is provided by the next item. With increased sightings of coyotes, a Connecticut community is being advised on what to do about them; and a coyote was spotted in a Massachusetts community over Memorial Day. A teenage driver in Indiana struck a deer in the road, then careened into an oncoming semi; another article about the problems associated with an exploding deer population in one West Virginia county is next up; and wildlife officials in Nebraska announced that their deer herds appear to be free of bovine tuberculosis. And finally, police in South Carolina discovered an intruder at a local business and concluded he was looking for some doe.

How to save a skunk: rescuing wildlife in our own backyards

NZ white tiger mauls keeper in front of tourists

Pet Mountain Lion Bites Girl

Staff error led to cougar killing

Bear on the loose

Black Bear Spotted In Van Buren

Felon faces charge of killing bear

Dead Bear Cub Found Along the I-190

Hungry Bear Chases Homeless Man

Be on the watch for rabid skunks, says wildlife officer

A life's work takes bald eagles off state's endangered list

Coyote sightings on the rise

Coyote seen on Hobart Avenue in Braintree

Semi, car hit head on

Deer a growing nuisance in Putnam County

Tests show Nebraska deer free of bovine TB

Police alerted after deer breaks into Orangeburg Co. business

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