WILDLIFE NEWS OF THE DAY - 061709

Funds for federally-supported nuisance animal trappers in Oregon appear to be a casualty of the bad economy as Wildlife News Of The Day kicks off. The photo of a raccoon who set up housekeeping in a street's pothole in West Virginia has stirred some interesting comments from readers; but a Massachusetts woman had a run-in with an aggressive raccoon in her driveway. An inquisitive bear in Colorado decided to slip into a home through the dog door and chow down; while the nine-year program to reintroduce black bears into Central Louisiana after they were listed as endangered in 1992 has been successfully completed. A Georgia man who accidently killed a black bear with his vehicle was disappointed to hear that he wouldn't be able to keep it. A cougar has been spotted several times over the past two days in Sonora, California; but a toddler was mauled by a cougar in Squamish, British Columbia, after which wildlife officials tracked the big cat down and shot it. Cougars and other big cats may be in shorter supply worldwide than expected, according to a new study; and cougars may become an endangered species as pets in Florida as well. Cougar mania has hit parts of Georgia as sightings continue; while one of the 18 cougars being tracked in Colorado's Front Range was captured in Boulder and repatriated in the wild. An Ohio woman is in hot water over relocating an orphaned fawn to Kentucky; and in what is sure to be a contentious meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, residents will be debating the wisdom of a deer hunt in a local park. Indiana has implemented an innovative program to team deer hunters up with farmers whose crops are being decimated by deer; while an Ohio Sheriffs deputy was knocked unconscious by a collision with a deer in the road. A photo of a bald eagle hauling nest-building materials graces the next item from Seattle, Washington; but a timber manager has been incarcerated in that state for his involvement in the 2004 felling of a tree that contained a bald eagle nest. A college in Minnesota had to close a nature trail due to an aggressive coyote who was probably protecting her den's pups; while residents of a British Columbia, Canada, neighborhood are reporting missing pets and suspect coyotes are the cause. And finally, one of those counterintuitive stories that grabs your attention: dog saves cat?!?

Linn may go without trapper

Who is that masked creature?

Dog food is juuuust right for Colorado bear

East-central Louisiana's black bear reintroduction program comes to a close

Man won’t get to keep bear he hit on I-75

Mountain Lion Sightings In Sonora

Conservation officers kill cougar linked to attack on Squamish B.C., girl

U of Minnesota-led study finds that hunters are depleting lion and cougar populations

Cougar ban possible as Florida reviews pet list

Lion talk continues, but no evidence yet

Lion trapped, relocated from north Boulder neighborhood

State Seeks Orphaned Baby Deer To Euthanize, Test It

Large turnout expected for tonight’s Shawnee Mission Park deer hearing

DNR aims to bring hunters, farmers together

Darke Co. Deputy Injured In Deer Collision

1000 Words: Bald eagle hard at work

Timber manager sentenced to prison for felling tree with eagle nest

Coyote keeps college course closed

Coyotes responsible for attacks on household pets

Dog Saves Cat From Coyote!