February 22, 2011

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Endangered Whooping Cranes Found Shot to Death

Another endangered whooping crane -- part of a breeding program to repopulate the species -- was found shot to death in the marshes of Alabama, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said.

Over the past 14 months, a total of six cranes have been shot dead.

The whooping crane discovered last week, identified by the Fish and Wildlife Service as #22-10 because it was the 22nd to be hatched in 2010, was released last year in Wisconsin to migrate with other adult whooping cranes, federal investigators said Friday.

AOL News - www.aolnews.com
20 Feb 2011
L Holewa
Photo credit: LM Otero, AP




Foot rot suspected in elk deaths on refuge

Several freeze-thaw cycles combined with feces-laden snow on the National Elk Refuge could be creating prime conditions for a disease called foot rot in elk, a refuge biologist said.

The disease is suspected in 23 elk euthanized as part of an ongoing wildlife health research project, refuge biologist Eric Cole said.

“Many of them, at least initially, are exhibiting symptoms of foot rot,” he said.

Jackson Hole Daily - www.jhnewsandguide.com
21 Feb 2011
C Hatch
Location: National Elk Refuge, Teton County, Montana, USA - Map It




Rabies in an Arctic fox on the Svalbard archipelago, Norway, January 2011

We report a case of rabies in an Arctic fox.

In January 2011 a fox attacked dogs belonging to a meteorological station in the Svalbard archipelago, Norway.

Rabies virus was detected in the fox’s brain post-mortem. The dogs had been vaccinated against rabies and their antibody levels were protective.

Eurosurveillance - www.eurosurveillance.org
17 Feb 2011
Photo credit: Ragnar Sonstebo
Location: Svalbard, Norway - Map It


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