Wyo Wardens Gun for Idaho Elk
CasperStarTribune.net
09 Sept 2006
Brodie Farquhar
Following the lead of Idaho, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department has directed its employees to shoot any elk/red deer hybrids that may show up in Wyoming after they escaped recently from an eastern Idaho game farm.
The lethal removal of these animals will address potential disease and genetic hybridization concerns within Wyoming’s wild elk, said Robin Kepple, Game and Fish information officer in Casper.
Game and Fish Director Terry Cleveland said he’s deeply suspicious as to why the Idaho owner of the escaped domestic elk has historically refused to allow Idaho officials to inspect his animals for disease. Animal farms around the country have incubated such diseases as brucellosis, tuberculosis and chronic wasting disease.
Trout Fishermen Urged to Report Sick Platypuses
ABC News Online
10 Sept 2006
Field naturalists are appealing for trout fishermen to help them map the extent of a fungal disease that is killing Tasmania's platypuses. The disease has been found in most of Tasmania's major catchments, including the north and south Esk river systems, the Derwent and now the Pieman River.
It is unclear how far it has spread into the state's south-west. Wildlife veterinarian David Obendorf says the disease leaves animals with large ulcers on their backs and tails.
He says people who like trout fishing are the most likely to spot platypuses. "The fishers that go up to the high country, the western lakes, the rivers, don a pair of waders and get out there with their lines and dry fly fish," he said.
West Nile Found in Novato Stable
Marinij.com
09 Sept 2006
Richard Halstead
A horse stabled at Morning Star Farm at 885 Sutro Ave. in Novato - close to San Marin High School - was euthanized this week because of debilitating symptoms caused by West Nile virus.
"The horse was down in its paddock and was unable to stand because its hind legs were paralyzed," said Kevin Byars, the owner of Morning Star, where more than 70 horses are boarded. There is a vaccine that protects horses from West Nile, but Byars said it appears the horse was not vaccinated.
It was the 32nd horse in California - and the first in Marin - to become infected with West Nile virus so far this year, said Chris Canterbury, a spokesman for the Marin/Sonoma Mosquito & Vector Control District. Fourteen of the infected horses have died.
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