Acorns, mice and the climate pushing debilitating infection into Canada-
Ten or so years ago we were writing about brucellosis in the forerunner to this newspaper. Later when anti-wolf activists tried to scare people about worm infections we examined that issue and found there was little to worry about. In following these political disease controversies, [...]
Continue Reading → White-tailed deer overpopulation boost cases due to more deer ticks-
Lyme Disease is a real threat to those who go outdoors, unlike the recent hysteria over the rarely transmitted dog tapeworm larva (Echinococcus granulosus) to humans. In 2010 there were over 30,000 reported cases in the U.S. of often debilitating Lyme disease. It is [...]
Continue Reading →More than 90 percent white-tail deer suddenly dead along a 100-mile stretch of the Milk River-
Carried by biting midges, EHD kills within a couple days. This epidemic began in late summer. The organism also kills Mule deer, bighorn sheep, elk and pronghorn. White-tailed deer are hit the worst, however. Local outfitters and officials says it [...]
Continue Reading →Two injured in what could have been fatal attack on road between local cornfields-
Although most wild animal attack accounts seem to involve bears, autumn is a time when the behavior of male deer, elk and moose can become problematic.
A resident of Whitney, Idaho, which is just southeast of Preston and near the Utah [...]
Continue Reading →Declining habitat the problem-
Wyoming energy development is causing a big decline in Wyoming’s deer herds with subdivisions a weaker second cause. The long-term problem is discussed in this detailed article in the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. By Shauna Stephenson
I can’t help but think that a lot [...]
Continue Reading →Unprovoked attack leaves grandma dead while protecting one year old grandson-
I wonder if the cows will be showing up at bus stops sizing up which children (or seniors) they can stomp to death For sure, cows kills far more people than wolves do. Maybe shelters should be built for the children.
Continue Reading →Okay, no carcasses this time. Just an old mule deer doe with the maze-running skills of a champion lab rat. We looked out the kitchen window one afternoon and she had worked her way past Bob’s gauntlet of fence panels toward the prize: the bird feeder. Once at the center of the puzzle, she [...]
Continue Reading →The never-ending winter in the Northern Rockies hits deer, elk, moose, pronghorn hard-
During the winter, I made a number of posts about the hard conditions for ungulates in the Northern Rockies. The failure of spring to arrive is causing deaths to continue and grow.
Record wildlife die-offs reported in Northern Rockies. Reuters. By [...]
Continue Reading →Elk, deer, and pronghorn being fed since January 1-
Idaho Fish and Game doesn’t like to feed, but deep snow and frozen snow after a melt has prompted off and on feeding. Some of it is to keep the wild animals away from farms.
Continue Reading →Currently Chronic Wasting Disease does not infect humans, but . . .
Chronic wasting disease is spreading more and more widely. Our anti-conservation friends in the Department of Livestock and the various anti-wolf groups worry about brucellosis and dog tapeworms, but here is something that would be truly terrifying. Prions jumped from sheep probably to [...]
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