WILDLIFE NEWS OF THE DAY - 061509

In our first wildlife story today, a moose was unceremoniously removed from a Sarasota Springs, New York, racetrack before even finishing one furlong! A marine rehabilitation center in Northern California is showcased next; followed by the exploits of a Connecticut 'critter ridder'. Environmental groups are protesting the delisting of gray wolves in parts of Michigan by the Department of the Interior; even as an Op-Ed piece from Oregon takes the side of ranchers being victimized by protected gray wolves. A Florida family was the victim of a four-legged home-invader. A chain reaction deer-truck collision in Maryland ended up sending a mother and daughter to the hospital; while one of Google's street-mapping teams struck a deer in New York, all captured on one of their cameras! Residents of New Jersey were reminded that warmer weather in that state means more ticks carrying Lyme disease will be about. An Ohio couple who weren't wearing helmets came off the worse for a motorcycle collision with a deer this weekend; but a motorcyclist in Minnesota who was wearing a helmet came off his collision a bit better. Deer who have recently left their mothers to strike out on their own are boosting the number of road kills around Missouri. The debate over lending a helping hand to distressed wildlife (in this case, hawks in Philadelphia) is the topic of the next article. More details (and a photo) from last week's story of a cougar that was captured in a Utah neighborhood; but the hunt is on in Washington state for a cougar who may have been wounded by the owner of a dog mauled in an attack. Wildlife biologists share discoveries from their research on cougars in South Dakota's Black Hills. In an Op-Ed piece, a writer discusses the misdirection of hunting coyotes to increase Maine's deer population; followed by a brief discussion of urban coyotes. Discussion of doves and coyotes in Central California is provided by the next item; while an outdoorsman discusses the lineage of the Eastern Coyote. A North Carolina woman got slapped by a bear while trying to restrain her dog, which was trying to attack a mother bear and three cubs; but a black bear had a fatal encounter with a pickup truck in Pennsylvania. Rules for bear encounters are provided, along with an update on an elusive bruin in Georgia; a look at bear encounters in Michigan is up next; while the survivor of a harrowing Montana grizzly attack in 1959 will be reunited with the park ranger who saved his life. And finally, the next time you go to the vending machine, make sure someone isn't staring back at you!

A moose on the loose at upstate NY racetrack

Sick sea critters aided by Marine Mammal Center

Enjoying The Trappings Of The Outdoors

Groups: US moved too fast on gray wolf de-listing

The back forty: Who’s afraid of the big bad lamb? Ask the coyote under the porch

Deer finds its way into Florida home

Mother and Daughter Hospitalized After Deer Crashes into Truck

Doh, a deer: Google's wildlife accident mea culpa

Increase in N.J. deer ticks means greater risk of Lyme disease

Motorcyclists hurt in collision with deer in Bucyrus

Motorcyclist injured in collision with deer

Young deer now in the spring of their road-roaming flight

GreenSpace: Help wildlife or hands off?

Mountain Lion Captured in Eagle Mountain Neighborhood

Still No Sign of Possibly Wounded Cougar After Central Kitsap Attack

Mountain Lion research continues in Black Hills

Killing coyotes won't ensure deer's success

Urban coyotes have streetwise ways

Gary Bogue: Mourning doves: are they always such bad nest builders?

Wolf or coyote? Genetics tell complicated tale

Woman Hurt in Buncombe County Bear “Incident”

Black bear killed by pickup truck in western Pa.

Bear may be hiding near Columbia County neighborhoods

Human-bear encounters increasing

Grizzly bear victim, savior to meet in Montana

Raccoons Rescued From Inside Pepsi Machine