Furbearer Conservation

February 10, 2020

A World Without Trapping, Headlines, Hunting & Trapping, New England, Predator Management, Public Relations, Science & Biology, Suburbanization, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management

Rash of fox attacks in Maine prompts trapping program

Furbearer Conservation

February 10, 2020

A World Without Trapping, Headlines, Hunting & Trapping, New England, Predator Management, Public Relations, Science & Biology, Suburbanization, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management

There have been more than half a dozen fox attacks in the area in just six months, with one unfortunate Bath resident being attacked on two separate occasions. The rash of fox attacks in the mid-coast of Maine has prompted formal action from at least one town, according to reports.

Furbearer Conservation

January 20, 2020

Headlines, New England, New Hampshire, Public Relations, Predator Management, Suburbanization

String of coyote attacks reported in New Hampshire neighborhoods

Furbearer Conservation

January 20, 2020

Headlines, New England, New Hampshire, Public Relations, Predator Management, Suburbanization

Police in Kensington, New Hampshire, took to social media to advise the public on keeping pets and children indoors after they say a coyote attacked a 62-year-old woman and her dog Monday morning. The same coyote is suspected of attacking a car in Hampton Falls earlier this morning.

Furbearer Conservation

October 14, 2019

Headlines, New England, New Hampshire, Public Relations, Suburbanization

NH officials seeking tourist who handled rabid raccoons

Furbearer Conservation

October 14, 2019

Headlines, New England, New Hampshire, Public Relations, Suburbanization

NH seeking Mass. man who handled rabid raccoon. New Hampshire officials are seeking the public’s help with tracking down a Massachusetts man who handled raccoons on a busy roadway in New Hampshire’s north country.

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

July 21, 2019

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Beaver attack in Virginia river rehashes talk of “Zombie Beavers”

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

July 21, 2019

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The Virginia incident is the latest in an over decade-long string of rabid beaver attacks. Being a density-dependent disease, does the influx in beaver/rabies cases highlight a species that is reaching or exceeded natural carrying capacity? Are rabid beavers becoming more prevalent or are we just becoming more aware of rabid beavers?

Furbearer Conservation

April 20, 2019

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Bobcat involved in attacks on CT golfer, horse, confirmed rabid

Furbearer Conservation

April 20, 2019

Discussion, New England, North America, Predator Management, Public Relations, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management, Headlines

Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) officers tracked down the animal and euthanized it after they were called to a Mohegan Sun Golf Course in Sprague, Connecticut, after a bobcat attacked the unidentified golfer that morning.