WILDLIFE NEWS OF THE DAY - 060209

A fascinating study of animal behavior (both wild and domestic) from the New York Times begins our wildlife stories today; followed by one about a smuggler attempting to bring endangered Central Asian Tortoises into Poland who was arrested at the border. A report from Ocean City, Maryland, on rabies in the vicinity is next up; and Colorado wildlife authorities were briefed on the current rabies situation in that state. Cougar spottings at Lake Natoma, California, have prompted examination of what a human's response to an encounter should be; and wildlife authorities think a cougar may have been stalking livestock penned up at a Wisconsin ranch. Authorities have still not been able to confirm a cougar sighting in Lansing, Kansas, but continue to investigate; while Wyoming Game and Fish had a rather large pickup to make when a cougar was spotted lounging in a suburban neighborhood. The state of Wyoming has sued the federal government over protection of the gray wolf, saying they should be listed as a predator to be shot on sight. A black bear wandering through a Pennsylvania community sparked debate as to what authorities should do about it; and a transient bear in South Carolina has prompted officials to advise residents to 'bear proof' their property. Population pressures are evidently forcing deer into suburban yards to forage in Indiana; but Chinese authorities are caught in a dilemma due to a protected species of python preying on an endangered species of deer at a wildlife preserve; and a Michigan woman was hospitalized after hitting a deer early this morning. Even as an Ohio mayor has approved deer hunting within the city limits as their population soars; a man in another Ohio community is in a quandary about what to do with a fawn that was apparently abandoned by its mother. German scientists using satellite technology have been able to locate nearly a dozen heretofore unknown colonies of Emperor Penguins in Antarctica, boosting the numbers of this threatened species considerably. A program about efforts to bolster the bald eagle population in New York will be presented by wildlife folks later this month; followed by a report on eagles in New England, in light of Maine delisting them as endangered. And finally, a Texas youth rescued a family of ducks that had run a-fowl of a storm drain.

In That Tucked Tail, Real Pangs of Regret?

Attempt to smuggle 120 tortoises foiled in Poland

More rabid raccoons stir concern

Rabid skunks have officials concerned

Mountain lions visit Lake Natoma area

DNR Believes Cougar Left Tracks Near Durand

Lansing police look into reports of mountain lion

Not your ordinary stray kitty

Keeping wolf on endangered list prompts Wyo. suit

Bear strolls through Phillipsburg

SC bear sighting prompts alert

Deer show no fear in city woman's yard

Fast python propagation threatens rare deer species in S China

Driver swerves, misses deer, hits tree

Heath Approves Bowhunting Of Deer

Milford Man Seeks Help For Orphaned Baby Deer

Penguin poo stains expose emperors' icy homes

Eagles Soar

Eagles soar Live long and prosper

A quackerjack rescue: Young boy rescues family of ducks