WILDLIFE NEWS OF THE DAY - 040909

As Wildlife News Of The Day takes flight, we lead off with a report due out in the journal Science tomorrow that will discuss new findings in the flight of avians and insects. A Southern California Eagle Scout found an interesting way to earn a badge - help a hawk! For college students, life is often difficult enough with exams, grades, and everything else, but at the University of Miami, add hawk attacks to that list! Another side effect of the fierce Black Saturday bushfires: cataract problems for Australian wildlife; and the darker side of animal control in Oregon is revealed in the next article. A Chicagoan discusses the issue of raising wildlife as pets. An errant coyote was tasered by police before being relocated out of a Connecticut town; while some background material on the effort to resurrect the wolf population in the western US provides interesting reading in the next article. An Oregon family recounts their close call with a cougar; but after the tragic shooting death of a cougar cub in Santa Paula, The Mountain Lion Foundation has offered to provide info on cougars to personnel in that city. Rabies cases popped up in Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina; and an unexpected casualty of wildlife with rabies, cattle in Vermont are now exhibiting symptoms after exposure to a rabid raccoon. A Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks biologist discusses black bear ecology; while a pair of high-school students in Utah are doing their part to save polar bears in the Arctic. Deer repellents is the subject of the next item from West Virginia; but Wisconsin's controversial 'Earn-A-Buck' program, in which an antlerless deer must be shot before one with antlers can be taken, is still being debated. A wildlife biologist addresses the issues of deer in a Connecticut community. And finally, in a bizarre police chase, a 25-year-old corrections officer was arrested for disturbing the peace (among other things) during his wild pickup truck pursuit of a deer in Nebraska.

Scientists start to unlock secrets of bird flight

Eagle Scout works to help house hawk

Hawk Attacks Miami College Student

Fighting to restore sight to sore Koala eyes

Humane treatment? Maybe. Deadly? Hmmm, afraid so.

Some thoughts on A Daily Coyote

Cops Corral Compo Coyote

Of wolves and politicians: A senator tries to make peace

Father kills cougar near kids’ bus stop

Mountain Lion Foundation briefs personnel on cat encounters

Raccoon tests positive for rabies in Ringgold

Rabid Raccoon Found in Catoosa County

More rabies cases confirmed in Greenbrier

More Vt. Cows Contract Rabies

FWP biologist studies state's black bears

Teens work to help save polar bears

Using Deer Repellents in Your Landscape

Earn-A-Buck moratorium proposed

Town Deer Management program under consideration

Corrections Officer Arrested for Chasing Deer in Pickup Truck