WILDLIFE NEWS OF THE DAY - 052309

Two wildlife experts will be discussing endangered wildlife in California's San Gabriel Mountains this coming week; Arizona State University's Institute for Species Exploration has released its Top 10 list of new species discovered around the world; and Oregon's High Desert Museum is providing wildlife training for interested parties. WildEarth Guardians are advocating the return of gray wolves to parts of Colorado and New Mexico; but a battle between city officials and animal rights activists is heating up over a seal influx at a La Jolla, California, beach. A New York motorist had a fatal collision with a black bear; while one of the largest black bear habitats in the country, an exhibit at Florida's Naples Zoo, is reviewed. Washington state wildlife officials caught a dumpster-diving black bear in Carnation, but a phantom bear that has been eluding capture elsewhere in Seattle is still on the loose; followed by an update on an article run earlier this week about an Alaskan who is being prosecuted for feeding bears. Some advice on diminishing skunk encounters with your pets (and what to use to remove skunk stink) is provided in the next article. The remains of a wayward cougar that was killed in Chicago a year ago are examined; and San Bernardino Press Enterprise reporter Rich Brooks tells of a case of mistaken identity when residents of a San Bernardino neighborhood thought a cougar was really just a kitty! A pair of young raccoons were rescued from a building in Colorado and reunited with their mother in the wild; but a curious raccoon once again knocked out power, this time to hundreds of Michigan residents. A pot belly pig is in quarantine at a New Jersey farm after exposure to a rabid raccoon (there is no approved rabies vaccine for pigs, hence the need for a six month quarantine); and discovery of a rabid skunk in Greenville, Texas, has authorities advising residents what to do when encountering wildlife. A deer in Mississippi crashed through a window into an unoccupied classroom; while Washington, DC, is being invaded by whitetail deer that are chomping on the foliage. A followup story out of Boston, Massachusetts, about fears of deer ticks carrying encephalitis, in addition to Lyme disease, is up next. And finally, the curious case of the attack deer in Virginia grows even curiouser after it was determined that it was not rabid.

Wildlife experts to speak at Pasadena Sierra Club meeting

Tiny snake, long bug top ASU's new-species list

New live animal programs at High Desert Museum

Group lobbying for return of wolves to Colorado

San Diego to blast seals from beach with dog noise

Car Collides with Bear on Route 400

Grin and bear it: New black bear exhibit at Naples Zoo mimics nature

Bear captured; another still out there

Alaska cracks down on man who feeds wild bears

Here's what to do if your dog gets skunked

What happened to the Chicago cougar?

Residents mistake mountain lion for house cat

Baby raccoons rescued

Raccoon behind Muskegon County Power outage

Raccoon found in Monroe tests positive for rabies

Rabid skunk found in Greenville

Deer breaks into Bolivar Co. school

Wildlife-Resistant Landscaping

Fatal Deer Tick Virus Raises Concern

Pulaski County deer tests negative for rabies