WILDLIFE NEWS OF THE DAY - 051409

In our first wildlife story, a bear visited a Southern California community to the west of Los Angeles before returning to the wild yesterday; but a South Dakota black bear met its demise when it tried to push in the bedroom window of a homeowner. The travels of a restless bear in the Northeast is chronicled; and, although the number of bear sightings on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe is down this year, wildlife officials caution against homeowners getting lax in their precautions. An encounter with a bear in Colorado underscores the hazards of new housing developments abutting wilderness areas. Residents of Alabama are under siege as heavy rains have driven wildlife (including insects) into their homes; and 8,000 customers were blacked out in a Canadian community when a wayward raccoon got across some power lines. Citing how dangerous coyotes are towards children, a writer from North Carolina discusses getting hunting permits; meanwhile, Salem, Massachusetts, is getting more reports of coyotes and foxes within the city limits. Some tips are provided by California Fish and Game in regards to urban coyotes; and while we've heard quite a bit about urban coyotes, the next article discusses urban deer. A Kansas woman was injured in an automobile accident with a deer; followed by an article about a worrisome development in the deer tick virus - its first human victim. An Oregon man is in hot water over the hunting death of a protected blacktail deer. A trio of red-tail hawk chicks rescued from an endangered nest in Texas are growing up fast; while, looking to keep people away from a downtown eagle's nest, an Ohio town has installed a $34,000 eagle cam. A Virginia man snapped a photo of a cougar in the neighborhood, an unusual occurrence in that area; and Central Coast communities in California are keeping an eye out for a cougar prowling around the area. A Washington state cougar who had had a painful encounter with a porcupine was lucky he decided to take a nap on a back porch; followed by the story of a near-fatal encounter in British Columbia, Canada, between a hitchhiker and a cougar. A cougar was killed by a Washington state wildlife agent due to difficulties trying to tranquilize it. Some pointers on rabies are provided to Colorado residents; while a West Virginia county has recorded the ninth case of rabies there this year. In a followup to yesterday's cautionary tale about moving injured wildlife, the North Carolina man who tried to move a raccoon that had been hit by a car now has to worry about the fact that the animal that bit him had rabies. And finally, a Wisconsin family that traps raccoons to prevent them from digging up their lawn had a very rare specimen show up in their trap.

Bear takes detour through Moorpark

Black bear killed

Well-traveled bear wanders through Norway

Tahoe officials: bear sightings may be down this year

Bear ambles into Highlands Ranch

Heavy rains send wild animals indoors

Raccoon, fallen tree knock out power

Hunter seeks permission to hunt coyotes on your land

Sightings up of coyotes, foxes

The coyote: suburban stalker or part of the community?

The deer and the city

Woman, deer injured in crash

Man Dies of Brain Inflammation Caused by Deer Tick Virus

Grants Pass man cited in killing of trophy-class Blacktail deer

Hawk chicks relocated from Southlake stadium growing up fast

Ohio city on lookout for eagle's nest intruders

Isle of Wight man claims he caught a cougar on camera

Community On-Alert After Mountain Lion Spotted

Cougar caught asleep in George back yard

Man fends off cougar attack in B.C. Interior

Wildlife agent kills cougar near Bridgeport

Rabies in Yuma Co.

Another rabid raccoon killed near Renick

Raccoon that bites motorist confirmed as rabid

Rare albino raccoon trapped