WILDLIFE NEWS OF THE DAY - 021109

There are concerns in California that climate change may greatly reduce bird populations in California, according to a new study by the Audubon Society. A group called Predator Masters will be conducting hunts in Arizona, where there is no limit on number of coyotes killed by hunters. The Colorado Division of Wildlife is commencing data collection on coyote attacks in that state, something that hasn't been done in the past, in order to better ascertain the extent of the problem. A better understanding of osteoporosis may result from a study of bears that can hibernate for half of the year without developing the disease (humans would after that long a sleep). And finally, local police, who thought they had seen it all, found out just how wrong they were.

Global Warming May Wipe Out California Birds

Coyote hunters coming to local community

DOW plans to track coyote attacks

Hibernating bears yield bony secret

Clever dog uses snow bank to climb up on roof


WILDLIFE NEWS OF THE DAY - 021009


First up in wildlife news today, two articles discuss a Denver suburb's plans to bring in a trapper to diminish their coyote population, while Oregon's Department of Fish and Wildlife advised police in Ashland to kill a cougar rather than tranquilizing it. An Op-Ed in Kansas City about trapping coyotes has stirred up some local responses from readers, but police and wildlife officials in Connecticut advised people to adapt to having coyotes around in the two following articles. In Ontario, Canada, aggressive behavior by coyotes has prompted city officials to implement some changes to combat the problem around a Children's Animal Farm, and in a state where there is apparently a substantial cougar population (causing more interactions with humans and pets), an Op-Ed piece from South Dakota discusses hunting procedures. Amid all the damage and human loss of life in the Australian bushfires, many forget that wildlife also suffers in conflagrations such as these, as told by the next article. The small black bear now known as Li'l Smoky was returned to the wild, and the Australians may have their own Smoky Bear, this one a Koala that survived the bushfires. And finally, Omaha, Nebraska, firefighters got more than they bargained for when they tried to tackle a 95-lb pit bull!

Denver suburb focused on solving the coyote problem

Should coyotes be in the cross-hairs?

ODFW says cougar shooting in Ashland was necessary

Euthanizing coyotes

Police urge caution after coyote attack

AVON: A Caution On Coyotes

City coyote-proofing

Our View: Don’t make lion hunting any easier

Neighbors Believe Mountain Lion Roams In Butler Co

Wildlife suffer in the Australian bushfires

Koala rescued from Australia's wildfire wasteland

Black bear injured in fire, Li’l Smokey, heads back into the wild

Attacking Pit Bull Bent Firefighter's Catch Pole


WILDLIFE NEWS OF THE DAY - 020909

In wildlife news today, a 76-lb cougar was shot by police in Ashland, Oregon, due to concerns for public safety, and an Op-Ed piece from Arkansas discusses Acute Mountain Lion Denial Syndrome by fish and game officials there. In two cases of mistaken identity, wildlife officials in Minnesota and Nebraska are debating whether photos show domestic cats or cougars, as the next two articles tell. Wildlife authorities in Billings, Montana, nearly captured a cougar that was dangerously close to populated areas. Another article following a coyote attack in Colorado argues for co-existence between humans and coyotes, while residents in Milford, Connecticut, are mourning the loss of a family pet to a coyote attack, and a story out of Canada recounts a coyote attack on a family pet in the owner's back yard. And finally, everything old is new again, as scientists debate the virtue of resurrecting the Tasmanian Tiger, extinct since the early Twentieth Century.

Police kill cougar near downtown Ashland

ARKANSAS SPORTSMAN : AGFC not lying, just avoiding furball over big cats

Wildlife experts weigh in on cougar sighting story

Game and Parks: Images not mountain lion

Lion Escapes Again

Education still key to living with coyotes

Dog dies in coyote attack

Coyote kills dog in backyard

Tiger resurrection row


WILDLIFE NEWS OF THE DAY - 020709


First up in wildlife news today, a new study confirms that wolves with black coats received their coloring from parents that bred with dogs in the past, while Oregon residents are reporting an increase in cougar sightings as the population of big cats grows. Seneca Zoo, New York, is mourning the loss of a cougar that lived to a ripe old age (compared to wildland cousins), and in a gruesome story, a dozen Asian black bears were rescued from a bile farm in China (not an article for the faint of heart). An article from Central California highlights a reverse-911 system to alert residents of coyote incursions, something that could have been useful in a Pennsylvania township where a rabid coyote was on the loose. Two more stories on coyotes follow: the first from Ontario, Canada, discusses the concerns of people about coyote encroachments in their neighborhoods; the second from Colorado discusses plans to shoot and trap coyotes within city limits. And finally, the White House is being invaded by thieves! (okay, it's only raccoons)

The big black wolf is a legacy from dogs, study finds

Cougar encounters on the rise, hunters say

Seneca Zoo's Male Cougar Dies

Injured bears rescued from bile farms in China

Coyote sightings test alert system

South Whitehall Twp. Coyote That Bit Dogs Was Rabid, Tests Show

Coyotes getting too close for comfort

Greenwood Village approves plan to kill coyotes

A 'Raccoon Update' from the White House