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• Rabies Alert In SW Miami Dade After Bat Attack - cbs4.com - cbs4.com on 5/15/2008
  Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North America -- A rabies alert has been issued for a section of southwest Miami Dade after a rapid bat bit a person near the Miami Metrozoo. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/15/08


• Health advisory issued on eating pig-frog leg - Bradenton Herald - www.bradenton.com on 5/14/2008
  Florida, United States, North America -- The Florida Department of Health and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission jointly issued a consumption advisory today for pig-frog legs taken from any part of the Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area. This advisory covers all of Water Conservation Areas (WCA) 2 and 3 due to elevated levels of mercury found in these frogs. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/15/08


• Duck attacked at park found to suffer from bone disease - News Leader - www.newsleader.com on 5/15/2008
  Augusta County, Virginia, United States, North America -- A duck brought to the Wildlife Center of Virginia earlier this month after an attack by a number of male ducks at Gypsy Hill Park died, said Wildlife Center officials. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/15/08


• Rabid fox bites Spotsy woman - Free Lance-Star - fredericksburg.com on 5/15/2008
  Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States, North America -- Margaret Burhenn was mowing grass at her Lee's Hill South home last week when she felt something bite her. When she looked down, she saw a fox at her ankle. "I knew right away I was in trouble," she said. Burhenn was bitten repeatedly while wrestling with the fox. A neighbor came to her aid and killed the animal with a shovel. This week Burhenn learned from the Health Department what she suspected all along, that the fox was rabid. She's been receiving treatments at Mary Washington Hospital. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/15/08


• Two animals test positive for rabies in Perkiomen - Spring-Ford Reporter - www.springfordreporter.com on 5/15/2008
  Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, North America -- In all of Montgomery County in 2008, there were only five reported cases of rabies. Two of those occurred in Perkiomen Township, according to Gordon MacElhenney, township supervisor, and both were discovered within the past three weeks. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/15/08


• Rabid Fox in North Georgia - News Channel 9 - www.newschannel9.com on 5/14/2008
  Fannin County, Georgia, United States, North America -- A fox that fought with a dog last week on Colwell Road in Fannin County, Ga. has now been confirmed as positive for rabies, according to county environmental health officials. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/15/08


• Alberta to allow hunters to kill Hay-Zama bison - Vancouver Sun - www.canada.com/vancouversun on 5/14/2008
  Alberta, Canada, North America -- The provincial government will allow hunting of an endangered wood bison herd in northwest Alberta beginning in September. The decision is motivated by two things: an increased risk of people hitting bison on roads, and a greater chance of the bison coming into contact with diseased bison emerging from Wood Buffalo National Park. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/15/08


• Bird Flu Confirmed in Songpa and Busan - english.chosun.com - english.chosun.com on 5/14/2008
  Busan, Pusan-jikhalsi, South Korea, Asia -- Less than a week since the first case of bird flu was confirmed in Seoul, the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus was found again, this time in Songpa, a district in the southeastern part of the capital. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/14/08


• Bird Flu Confirmed in Songpa and Busan - english.chosun.com - english.chosun.com on 5/14/2008
  Songpa, Seoul-jikhalsi, South Korea, Asia -- Less than a week since the first case of bird flu was confirmed in Seoul, the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus was found again, this time in Songpa, a district in the southeastern part of the capital. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/14/08


• Deadly bird disease found in the strath - Strathspey and Badenoch Herald - www.strathspey-herald.co.uk on 5/14/2008
  Newtonmore, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe -- AN outbreak of a parasite which slowly blocks the throats and kills one of the country's most common birds has been identified in Strathspey.cottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has confirmed two reports in the Newtonmore area so far of the deadly disease, Trichomonas, which is found amongst species of greenfinches and chaffinches. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/14/08


• Fire crews try to aid dying fish - BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk on 5/11/2008
  Northampton, Abington Park Lake, England, United Kingdom, Europe -- Fire crews were called to a lake after receiving reports from members of the public that a number of fish had died. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/14/08


• Don't eat that fish - Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation - www.znbc.co.zm on 5/13/2008
  North-Western, Zambia, Africa -- Hundreds of fish are dying because of a fungal disease that has broken out in musonweji river in Mufumbwe, North-Western Province. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/13/08


• Rabies Notice Issued For Wake, Durham Counties - NBC17 - www.nbc17.com on 5/12/2008
  Durham County, North Carolina, United States, North America -- Health officials have issued a rabies notice for residents in southern Wake County and in Durham after two seprate cases of rabies were confirmed in animals. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/13/08


• Rabies Notice Issued For Wake, Durham Counties - NBC17 - www.nbc17.com on 5/12/2008
  Wake County, North Carolina, United States, North America -- Health officials have issued a rabies notice for residents in southern Wake County and in Durham after two seprate cases of rabies were confirmed in animals. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/13/08


• Calgary zoo reeling from deaths of stingrays - Toronto Star - www.thestar.com on 5/13/2008
  Alberta, Canada, North America -- he sudden and mysterious deaths of 34 prized stingrays at the Calgary Zoo's new "touch tank" had veterinarians searching the water in vain Monday for some explanation. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/13/08


• Winter feeding on elk refuge exceeds historical average - Billings Gazette - www.billingsgazette.net on 5/12/2008
  Wyoming, United States, North America -- . . . The concentration of animals in a small feeding area can result in elk spreading diseases such as brucellosis and foot rot. About 90 elk have shown symptoms of foot rot, the refuge said. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/13/08


• Davidson County reports third case of rabies this year - The Dispatch - www.the-dispatch.com on 5/9/2008
  Davidson County, North Carolina, United States, North America -- The Davidson County Health Department reports the third case of rabies this year. A rabid raccoon was found in the Thomasville community May 2. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/12/08


• Chronic wasting disease surfaces in Hampshire - Cumberland Times-News - www.times-news.com on 5/9/2008
  Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States, North America -- Test results have detected the chronic wasting disease agent in 11 white-tailed deer collected this spring in Hampshire County, according to the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/12/08


• Japan finds another case of bird flu in dead swan - Reuters - www.reuters.com on 5/10/2008
  Hokkaido, Japan, Asia -- Japan has found the H5N1 strain of bird flu in another swan in the northernmost main island of Hokkaido, the prefectural government of Hokkaido said on its website on Saturday. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/12/08


• Fish Kills Still A Mystery - Daily News Record - www.dnronline.com on 5/12/2008
  Virginia, United States, North America -- Holding the glistening, limp body of a smallmouth bass, Kathy Alexander carefully pushed the needle of a syringe through the animal's scaly side. As dark red blood filled the plastic tube, Alexander, an associate professor at Virginia Tech's Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, eased her grip. Like hundreds of sick and dying fish that have shown up in Valley rivers during the past four years, the smallmouth bass had a cigar-like lesion near its head, deteriorated gills and a parasite was found clinging to its skin. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/12/08


• Dead whale stuck under pier - Examiner.com - www.examiner.com on 5/9/2008
  San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States, North America -- A dead whale wedged beneath a pier was spotted by swimmers Thursday, but no government agency raced to remove the foul-smelling mammal. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/9/08


• Bird flu resurfaces in Bengal - Thaindian News - www.thaindian.com on 5/9/2008
  West Bengal, India, Asia -- Bird flu has resurfaced in Darjeeling district in eastern India, West Bengal's Animal Resources Development (ARD) Minister Anisur Rehaman confirmed Friday. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/9/08


• Trouble wears a mask: 16 who befriend baby raccoon now face rabies threat - The Island Packet Online - www.islandpacket.com on 5/9/2008
  Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States, North America -- Sixteen people who fed, kissed and held a baby raccoon on Hilton Head Island now are being treated by a physician after the animal tested positive for rabies. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/9/08


• Rabid bat discovered in Surrey - Times Online - www.timesonline.co.uk on 5/9/2008
  Surrey, England, United Kingdom, Europe -- A bat carrying the deadly rabies virus has been discovered in the UK just two weeks after three people survived bites from a rabid dog in northwest London. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/9/08


• Suspected bird flu case reported in south of Seoul - Yonhap News - english.yonhapnews.co.kr on 5/8/2008
  South Korea, Asia -- A suspected case of bird flu has been reported at a farm in the upper part of South Korea, officials said Thursday, raising concerns that the deadly disease is spreading across the nation despite the government's stepped-up quarantine efforts. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/9/08


• Bug threatens Hell's Canyon bighorn herds - Wallowa County Chieftain - www.wallowacountychieftain.info on 5/8/2008
  Baker County, Oregon, United States, North America -- Five of seven bighorn sheep in the Lostine herd tested positive for a deadly, pneumonia-causing bacteria last year, resulting in a wholesale capture of the herd and a course of antibiotics for all 33 sheep. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/9/08


• Bovine Tuberculosis Confirmed in Manitoba - Canada News Centre - news.gc.ca on 5/8/2008
  Manitoba, Canada, North America -- Bovine tuberculosis (TB) has been confirmed in a five-year-old beef cow from a herd in Manitoba. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/9/08


• New fish virus partly responsible for last summer's carp die-off, MNR says - The Petersborough Examiner - www.thepetersboroughexaminer.com on 5/9/2008
  Ontario, Canada, North America -- A fish virus new to Ontario has been identified as one cause of the carp die-off that littered area lakes with 12,000 to 24,000 fish last summer. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/9/08


• A rising tide - Bangkok Post - www.bangkokpost.com on 5/8/2008
  Thailand, Asia -- . . . Thailand has 2,130km2 of coral reefs, much smaller than Indonesia, which has 51,020km2, Australia (48,960km2), or the Philippines (25,060km2) but Thailand's coral reefs are among the most threatened in the world. They are over-fished, smothered by sediment coming from coastal development, choked by algal bloom on nutrient-rich sewage and fertiliser run-off, damaged by irresponsible tourism, and stressed by the ever warming sea waters. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/8/08


• Richmond Chemical Spill Taking Toll On Area Fauna - KTVU News - www.ktvu.com on 5/6/2008
  Contra Costa County, California, United States, North America -- Two mallard ducks and hundreds of small fish were found dead Tuesday afternoon in an irrigation ditch near the site of a toxic chemical spill in Richmond's Parchester Village, the California Department of Fish and Game reported -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/8/08


• White Nose Syndrome: Is Pennsylvania Next? [Press Release] - PRNewswire - www.prnewswire.com on 5/7/2008
  Pennsylvania, United States, North America -- . . ."We found fungus on bats' ears and wings - similar to that on bats afflicted with WNS in Vermont and New York - at sites in Fayette, Luzerne and Blair counties," said Turner. "One of the sites, Hartman Mine, at Canoe Creek State Park in Blair County, is the state's largest hibernaculum for Indiana bats, a federally endangered species. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/8/08


• Rabies case in quarantine in South East England - 7th Space Interactive - 7thspace.com/headlines on 5/7/2008
  England, United Kingdom, Europe -- Defra and the Health Protection Agency have carried out a full and thorough investigation following confirmation of rabies on 25 April in a dog which had originated in Sri Lanka and which died of rabies in a UK quarantine facility. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/7/08


• Dead whale washes up at the coast - kval.com13 - www.kval.com on 5/5/2008
  Crescent Beach, Clatsop County, Oregon, United States, North America -- A dead beaked whale washed up on the Oregon coast on Sunday. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/7/08


• Bird Flu Spreads to Seoul Region, Eastern Province - Dong-A-IIbo - english.donga.com on 5/7/2008
  Gwangjin-gu, Seoul-jikhalsi, South Korea, Asia -- The Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry and the Seoul city government confirmed yesterday that bird flu killed pheasants, hens and turkeys in a small zoo in the capital's Gwangjin ward on April 28. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/7/08


• Japan confirms fresh bird flue case - khabrein.info - www.khabrein.info on 5/5/2008
  Hokkaido, Japan, Asia -- Japan's Environment Ministry confirmed Monday that a dead swan found in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on April 24 had the virulent H5N1 strain of avian influenza, which is potentially deadly to humans. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/7/08


• Plague suspected in Valmont Butte prairie dogs - DailyCamera - www.dailycamera.com on 5/2/2008
  Valmont Butte, Boulder County, Colorado, United States, North America -- A population of prairie dogs inhabiting the Valmont Butte site could have the plague, according to Boulder County Public Health officials -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/7/08


• Humans may spread platypus disease: researcher - ABC News - www.abc.net.au on 5/5/2008
  Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia, Australia -- New research into a fungus killing Tasmanian platypuses suggests the disease could be spread by soil on car wheels or bushwalkers shoes. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/7/08


• Antarctic Penguins Reveal Steady DDT Levels - DiscoveryNews - dsc.discovery.com/news on 5/5/2008
  Antarctica, Antarctica -- Although use of the pesticide DDT was banned in the Northern Hemisphere in the 1970s, and DDT levels in the Arctic have declined steadily since then, new measurements show that DDT levels in Antarctic Adelie penguins have remained constant. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/6/08


• Six critically endangered blue iguanas butchered in Cayman Islands breeding facility - Wildlife Extra.com -- www.wildlifeextra.com on 5/6/2008
  Cayman Islands QE II Botanic Park, Cayman Is., Cayman Is., North America -- Six critically endangered Grand Cayman Blue Iguanas were brutally killed in the Cayman Islands QE II Botanic Park. The crime was discovered by volunteers with the National Trust's Blue Iguana Recovery Programme, shortly after 9am on Sunday morning. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/6/08


• Rabies Cases In Mass. On Decline - wbztv.com on 5/5/2008
  Massachusetts, United States, North America -- State health officials have reported a decline over the past three years in the number of animals in Massachusetts testing positive for rabies. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/6/08


• Raccoon found on Curlew Drive in Norfolk tests positive for rabies - The Virginian-Pilot - hamptonroads.com on 5/6/2008
  Norfolk County, Virginia, United States, North America -- A raccoon found on Curlew Drive last week has tested positive for rabies, according to the city. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/6/08


• 17 Elephants Butchered for Ivory in African Park - National Geographic - news.nationalgeographic.com on 5/5/2008
  Congo, DRC, Africa -- Poachers from an array of factions have killed 17 elephants in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo since mid-April, conservationists announced. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/6/08


• Six sea lions shot near Bonneville Dam - The Columbian - www.columbian.com on 5/5/2008
  Bonneville Dam, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States, North America -- Officials are investigating the deaths of six sea lions who appear to have been shot Sunday after climbing onto traps in the Columbia River. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/5/08


• Arizona reports numerous rabies cases - DailyBreeze.com - www.dailybreeze.com on 5/2/2008
  Arizona, United States, North America -- . . . Across Arizona, there have been a higher-than-normal 54 cases of rabies reported since January, some of them, like Sabo's encounter with the fox, involving attacks on humans; and state and national experts say the state's record of 169 cases in 2005 is likely to be broken. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/5/08


• Rabid skunk invades residence; two victims receiving treatment - Lincoln Journal - www.lincolnjournalonline.com on 5/1/2008
  Lincoln County, Georgia, United States, North America -- Gene Wells and another man, who wished to remain unidentified, recently had a close encounter with a rabid skunk at the Wells home on Lakeside Drive in Lincoln County. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/5/08


• Rabies, feline - Argentina (Buenos Aires) ex bat - Archive Number 20080505.1530 - ProMED Mail - www.promedmail.org on 4/15/2008
  Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America -- . . . On 10 Apr 2008, a National Laboratory for Zoonoses press release confirmed that IF [immunofluorescence] test and Webster test (after 6 days of incubation) were positive. Antigenic characterization showed a variant 4-rabies virus. Apparently the cat was not vaccinated, as most people don't think rabies is a danger for cats. Sanitary authorities implemented a wide pet vaccination campaign. The 4 bitten persons were vaccinated. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/5/08


• Bird flu breaks out in one more southern province - VietNamNet Bridge on 5/2/2008
  Vinh Long, Vietnam, Asia -- Bird flu has been discovered in the southern province of Vinh Long, killing nearly 400 chickens of a farmer family in Xuan Hiep commune, Tra On district, reported the local veterinary agency. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/4/08


• Rabid skunks on the rise in Amador County, says public health department - Ledger Dispatch - www.ledger-dispatch.com/news on 5/1/2008
  Amador County, California, United States, North America -- A significant increase in the amount of skunks carrying rabies in Amador County has health officials concerned that this could spiral into a statewide problem this year, according to a news release from the county's Public Health Department. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/4/08


• Lyme disease on the rise in New Hampshire - New Hampshire - media.www.tnhonline.com on 5/2/2008
  New Hampshire, United States, North America -- Lyme disease cases in New Hampshire increased by 43 percent last year, from 619 total cases in 2006 to 892 in 2007, according to a study released by New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (NHDHHS). -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/4/08


• Fungus threatens state's frogs, salamanders - Seattle Times - seattletimes.nwsource.com on 5/2/2008
  Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington, United States, North America -- . . . the first evidence that frogs in Washington are being attacked by a fungus blamed for wiping out amphibian populations around the globe. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/4/08


• Powwow Pond fish kill worse than Country Pond Officials think natural causes to blame - Eagle Time-Tribune - www.eagletimetribune.com on 5/2/2008
  Powwow Pond, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States, North America -- State officials are now considering management plans for Powwow Pond and Country Pond, where dozens of dead fish were found along the shoreline Friday. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/4/08


• Dolphins in Lake Ponchartrain may be at risk - The Times-Picayune - www.nola.com on 4/29/2008
  Louisiana, United States, North America -- A team of National Marine Fisheries Service scientists are searching the eastern half of Lake Pontchartrain this week for a pod of 35 dolphins they fear are endangered by the lake's rapidly freshening water. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/1/08


• Few survivors after 500 ducks take dip in Alberta oilsands waste - CBC News - www.cbc.ca on 4/30/2008
  Alberta, Canada, North America -- Workers at a wildlife rehabilitation centre outside Edmonton worked to save a handful of oil-coated ducks Wednesday while environmentalists, politicians and Syncrude officials argued about who is responsible for the latest black mark against the province's oilsands development. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 5/1/08


• South Korea reports new case of suspected bird flu - Reuters - www.reuters.com on 4/28/2008
  Ulsan, Kyongsang-namdo, South Korea, Asia -- South Korea on Tuesday reported a suspected bird flu outbreak at a chicken farm in Ulsan City, which if confirmed would be the first in the southeast, as the country grapples with its worst outbreak of avian influenza. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/30/08


• Mystery of dead fish at lake - icWales.co.uk - icwales.icnetwork.co.uk on 5/1/2008
  Cynon Valley park, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe -- A major investigation is underway to determine the cause of death of around 20 fish in the lake at a Cynon Valley park. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/30/08


• Mysterious fungus found in Pennsylvania bat caves - Bucks County Courier Times - www.phillyburbs.com on 4/30/2008
  Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States, North America -- . . . state officials might have recently found evidence of the syndrome, a white fungus that appears on the snout and other parts of some bats, in three bat hibernation locations in Luzerne, Blair and Fayette counties. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/30/08


• Mysterious fungus found in Pennsylvania bat caves - Bucks County Courier Times - www.phillyburbs.com on 4/30/2008
  Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States, North America -- . . . state officials might have recently found evidence of the syndrome, a white fungus that appears on the snout and other parts of some bats, in three bat hibernation locations in Luzerne, Blair and Fayette counties. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/30/08


• Mysterious fungus found in Pennsylvania bat caves - Bucks County Courier Times - www.phillyburbs.com on 4/30/2008
  Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, North America -- . . . state officials might have recently found evidence of the syndrome, a white fungus that appears on the snout and other parts of some bats, in three bat hibernation locations in Luzerne, Blair and Fayette counties. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/30/08


• Indian vultures circling towards extinction - New Scientist - www.newscientist.com on 4/30/2008
  India, Asia -- . . . The drug, commonly used to treat sick cattle, proved to be highly toxic to vultures' kidneys. India banned the manufacture of veterinary diclofenac in 2006. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/30/08


• Rabies cases prompt vaccination warnings - Moultrie Observer - www.moultrieobserver.com on 4/28/2008
  Colquitt County, Georgia, United States, North America -- Positive cases of rabies have cropped up in several Southwest Georgia counties in recent weeks, Colquitt County Health Department Environmental Health Specialist Glenn Donnelly said. Vaccinating pets and livestock and avoiding contact with wild animals are the best ways to avoid exposure to the disease. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/29/08


• Rabid raccoon found near Burlington City school - Burlington County Times - www.phillyburbs.com on 4/29/2008
  Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, North America -- A rabid raccoon was found near the Samuel Smith Elementary School last week, according to the Burlington County Health Department. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/29/08


• Avian cholora found in region - Storm Lake Pilot Tribune - www.zwire.com on 4/28/2008
  Palo Alto County, Iowa, United States, North America -- Wildlife officials with the DNR are taking steps to prevent the further spread of avian cholera after the disease was detected at a wetland area in northwest Iowa. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/29/08


• DNR testing if bats died from disease - Charleston Daily Mail - www.dailymail.com on 4/29/2008
  Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States, North America -- The discovery of dead bats in a Pendleton County cave has state wildlife officials wondering if a disease already responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of hibernating bats in other states has migrated to West Virginia. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/29/08


• Bird flu virus detected in dead swans found in northeast Japan - International Herald Tribune - www.iht.com on 4/29/2008
  Japan, Asia -- Dead swans found recently in northeast Japan carried the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza, the government said Tuesday. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/29/08


• Agricultural chemical kills wildlife in Kenya - Telegraph - www.telegraph.co.uk on 4/29/2008
  Kenya, Africa -- Conservationists in Kenya have called for a ban on an agricultural pesticide which is killing wildlife. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/29/08


• Rabies eliminated in Ontario: MNR; Public involvement needed to keep disease at bay, official say - Kingston Whig-Standard - www.thewhig.com on 4/28/2008
  Ontario, Canada, North America -- Goodbye, raccoon rabies - it was not nice knowing you. Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources has declared that raccoon rabies has been eliminated from the province, although a spokesman acknowledged the disease continues to pose a threat from neighbouring jurisdictions. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/28/08


• Saskatchewan Considered Free of Bird Flu - Agweb.com - www.agweb.com on 4/25/2008
  Saskatchewan, Canada, North America -- Saskatchwan is now considered to be free of highly pathogenic avian influenza, according the the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/28/08


• Bat disease fear prompts closing of popular Uniontown cave - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - www.pittsburghlive.com on 4/28/2008
  Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States, North America -- Concern that a mysterious disease responsible for killing thousands of bats in the Northeast has prompted state officials to close a popular Fayette County cave. Biologists have found bats with what appears to be a white fungus dubbed "white nose syndrome" in Barton Cave near Uniontown. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources biologist Aura Stauffer says officials suspect bats have the fungus. They're awaiting test results. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/28/08


• Rabies on the rise; 35 local cases so far this year - NBC News 12 - www.nbc12.com on 4/27/2008
  Henrico County, Virginia, United States, North America -- . . .There have already been 35 confirmed rabies cases so far this year in our area. The most recent one was discovered this week in Henrico County. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/27/08


• Wildlife experts investigate dead fish in Country Pond - The Eagle-Tribune www.eagletribune.com on 4/26/2008
  Country Pond, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States, North America -- . . .after receiving reports from residents and Newton police about numerous dead fish and fowl, scientists from the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture hit the beaches to collect dead wildlife and test the water. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/27/08


• Rabid bobcat attacks two hikers - azcentral.com - www.azcentral.com on 4/24/2008
  Santa Rita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, United States, North America -- The two University of Arizona scientists first spotted the eyes. It was a bobcat, staring at Katrina Mangin and Rich Thompson as they hiked Saturday through one of their favorite spots in the Santa Rita Mountains, south of Gardner Canyon. Thompson, 46, immediately knew he and his wife were in trouble. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/24/08


• Turtles at cancer risk - Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday - www.newsday.co.tt on 4/24/2008
  Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago, North America -- . . . He recalled: "The specimen was found in Chaguaramas. It was seen in the water near to one of the boating areas. It looked sick and lived for about ten minutes then died. The people who saw it noted swellings and contacted the wildlife section. It was collected and brought in to us. We looked at it, did tests and have no doubt that it is fibropapillomatosis." -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/24/08


• Last River Porpoises Dying in Polluted Yangtze - National Geographic - news.nationalgeographic.com on 4/23/2008
  China, Asia -- The planet's last river-dwelling finless porpoises are dying in part due to exposure to insecticides and mercury in China, a new study says. The mammals had already been declining as their natural habitat in and around the Yangtze River deteriorated. In the new research, scientists also found high concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other pollutants in the organs of porpoises found in central China's Dongting Hu Lake, which is connected to the Yangtze. (See China map.) However the researchers haven't yet established medically the toxicity level that will kill a porpoise. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/24/08


• Health officials cite rise in rabies activity - TriValley Central.com - www.zwire.com on 4/22/2008
  Pinal County, Arizona, United States, North America -- Increased rabies activity in the wild animal population in the southern portion of Pinal County is prompting health officials to remind the public that rabies occurs naturally in certain wild mammals in Arizona but increased caution is advised. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/23/08


• 2 New Suspected Cases of Bird Flu Reported - Korea Times - www.koreatimes.co.kr on 4/22/2008
  Iksan, Cholla-bukto, South Korea, Asia -- Two more suspected cases of bird flu have been reported in the southwestern region of the country amid intensifying efforts to prevent further spread of the deadly disease, government officials said Tuesday. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/23/08


• Fresh bird flu infection, culling to begin in Tripura - The Hindu - hinduonnet.com on 4/22/2008
  Tripura, India, Asia -- With reports of fresh bird flu in villages in West Tripura district, more than 10,000 birds will be culled and import of poultry from outside the state has been banned. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/23/08


• Soldier May Be Korea's 1st Human Bird Flu Case - english.chosun.com - english.chosun.com on 4/23/2008
  North Korea, Asia -- Health authorities in Korea are on high alert in the wake of what could be the country's first human case of bird flu. A soldier who had been involved in the culling process of infected poultry is showing symptoms of the deadly disease. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/23/08


• Ugandan Monkeys Harbor Evidence Of Infection With Unknown Poxvirus - ScienceDaily - www.sciencedaily.com on 4/22/2008
  Kibale National Park, Western, Uganda, Africa -- Red colobus monkeys in a park in western Uganda have been exposed to an unknown orthopoxvirus, a pathogen related to the viruses that cause smallpox, monkeypox and cowpox. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/23/08


• As fish die in droves in Virginia, scientists seek clues - Virginian Pilot - hamptonroads.com on 4/19/2008
  Virginia, United States, North America -- . . . They were looking for sick fish, especially smallmouth bass, the most popular sport fish in the region, which have been dying in droves in recent years throughout the Shenandoah Valley. The victims often are flecked with bloody lesions and sores. They tend to swim aimlessly, as if drunk, before succumbing and going still. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/22/08


• Fourth case of rabies reported in Salem County in 2008 - nj.com - www.nj.com on 4/19/2008
  Salem County, New Jersey, United States, North America -- Salem County has reported its fourth rabies-infected animal of the year, authorities said Friday. According to Salem County Public Health Coordinator Herb Roeschke, the health department has received test results that showed a raccoon has tested positive for rabies. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/21/08


• Pinal officials warn of high rabies incidents - East Valley Tribune - www.eastvalleytribune.com on 4/19/2008
  Pinal County, Arizona, United States, North America -- . . . Three students at Higley High School in Gilbert are being treated for rabies exposure after an infected bat was found on campus April 11. Bats recovered in Queen Creek and Scottsdale last week also tested positive for rabies. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/21/08


• FMD claims rare seladang - Star Online - thestar.com.my on 4/18/2008
  South Jenderak, Pahang, Malaysia, Asia -- One seladang (Malaysian gaur) at the wildlife conservation centre in South Jenderak, Pahang, died of foot-and-mouth disease last month. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/21/08


• Pesticide suspected in mysterious Oregon geese deaths - KTVZ - www.ktvz.com on 4/19/2008
  Staats Lake, Marion County, Oregon, United States, North America -- A pesticide is suspected in the mysterious deaths of dozens of federally protected geese this month at a lake near Salem. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/21/08


• Numbers could point to disease spread shift - Jackson Hole Star Tribune - www.jacksonholestartrib.com on 4/18/2008
  Park County, Wyoming, United States, North America -- Some 15 to 20 percent of elk . . . showed exposure to the brucellosis bacteria . . . If the new numbers prove to be accurate, they could mark a shift in the way the disease is being spread in the state. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/18/08


• Animal proves to be rabid - SWVA Today - www.swvatoday.com on 4/17/2008
  Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America -- A second rabid raccoon was reported last week by a health department official. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/18/08


• Fox found dead in Sierra County had rabies - Las Cruces Sun-News - www.lcsun-news.com on 4/17/2008
  Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America -- A fox found dead northwest of Truth or Consequences has tested positive for rabiesâ??the first confirmed rabies case in Sierra County this year. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/17/08


• No sign of chronic wasting disease in N.H. - WCAX - www.wcax.com on 4/15/2008
  New Hampshire, United States, North America -- New Hampshire's Fish and Game Department says there's no sign of chronic wasting disease in the state's white-tailed deer population. The study was based on more than 405 deer tissue samples provided by the Fish and Game Department. The samples were collected during hunting season. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/17/08


• Sick moose in NE Minn. had brainworm - Duluth News Tribune - www.dl-online.com on 4/16/2008
  Minnesota, United States, North America -- A moose calf befriended by motorists in northeastern Minnesota suffered from a brainworm infestation, according to a wildlife biologist with the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/17/08


• Goodbye Gorilla: Vaccine Urgently Needed - Live Science - www.livescience.com on 4/17/2008
  Africa -- If the usual threats of poaching and habitat loss weren't enough, gorillas face the added danger of a deadly disease that has been surging through their ranks. The highly-infectious Ebola virus has decimated huge swaths of the already diminished western lowland gorilla population. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/17/08


• Two cases of rabies confirmed by officials in West Roxbury - Wicked Local - www.wickedlocal.com on 4/15/2008
  West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North America -- Public health officials are urging residents to avoid stray or wild animals after a cat and a skunk from West Roxbury tested positive for rabies. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/16/08


• Rabies Warning - KOLD News 13 - www.kold.com on 4/15/2008
  Pinal County, Arizona, United States, North America -- The Pinal County Public Health Services District is issuing an advisory for animal rabies to all residents of Pinal County. On April 15th, 2008, a skunk found in the Oracle area tested positive for rabies at the Arizona State Public Health Laboratory. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/16/08


• H5N1 strikes poultry in South Korea, Russia - Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP) - www.cidrap.umn.edu on 4/14/2008
  Primorskiy kray, Russia, Asia -- Animal health officials in South Korea yesterday said an H5N1 avian influenza outbreak was confirmed at a fourth farm, amid reports of several more suspected outbreaks, a day after Russia's agriculture ministry said the virus had struck birds in the far eastern part of the country. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/16/08


• H5N1 strikes poultry in South Korea, Russia - Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP) - www.cidrap.umn.edu on 4/14/2008
  South Korea, Asia -- Animal health officials in South Korea yesterday said an H5N1 avian influenza outbreak was confirmed at a fourth farm, amid reports of several more suspected outbreaks, a day after Russia's agriculture ministry said the virus had struck birds in the far eastern part of the country. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/16/08


• River Tweed put on parasite alert - BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk on 4/16/2008
  River Tweed, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe -- River Tweed users have been urged to play a part in keeping away a parasite which could force the killing of all the fish in the river system. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/16/08


• State investigating why fish are dying in Scottsdale lake - Arizona Republic - www.azcentral.com on 4/16/2008
  Chaparral Lake, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, North America -- The Arizona Game and Fish Department is testing Chaparral Lake to find why fish are dying there. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/16/08


• Pathologists examine dead whale on Island's west coast - Canada.com - www.canada.com on 4/13/2008
  British Columbia, Canada, North America -- Pathologists are now picking apart tissue samples to determine the cause of death of a massive sperm whale that washed ashore on a remote stretch of Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island's west coast last week. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/16/08


• Man bitten in attack by rabid fox - The Post-Star - www.poststar.com on 4/9/2008
  Warren County, New York, United States, North America -- A Lake George man was bitten and scratched by a rabid fox Monday night as he attempted to fend off repeated attacks while he and his fiancee walked up the steps to their second-floor apartment. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/15/08


• Two More Freshwater Fish Added to High-Mercury List - Leland Tribune - www.lelandtribune.com on 4/8/2008
  North Carolina, United States, North America -- Two more types of freshwater fish in southeastern North Carolina have been found to have elevated levels of mercury. They are the yellow perch, caught south and east of Interstate highway 85, and the black crappie, caught south and east of I-95. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/15/08


• Algae Toxins Found in Yellow Perch on Klamath River Reservoirs - Central Valley - www.indybay.org on 4/10/2008
  California, United States, North America -- A new report issued by the Karuk Tribe of California shows that the flesh of yellow perch, a popular game fish found in PacifiCorpâ??s Iron Gate and Copco reservoirs, is contaminated by the algal toxin microcystin. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/15/08


• 2008: The year of the frog - Summit Daily News - www.summitdaily.com on 4/14/2008
  Summit County, Colorado, United States, North America -- The endangered boreal toad is filing getting its awareness campaign, as zoos, botanical gardens and aquariums around the world have designated 2008 as the year of the frog. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/15/08


• Keizer lake's dead geese raise alarm - Statesman Journal - www.statesmanjournal.com on 4/15/2008
  Staats Lake, Marion County, Oregon, United States, North America -- Large numbers of Canada cackling geese keep dying at Staats Lake in Keizer. It's a mysterious trend that alarms some people who live near the private lake and hate to see the waterfowl sanctuary become a graveyard. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/15/08


• Diseases threat to rare wildcats - BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk on 4/14/2008
  Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe -- A vet has urged cat owners to neuter and vaccinate their pets against diseases in an effort to help protect Scotland's rare wildcat population. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/15/08


• Rabies incidents have led to concern - Times West Virginian - www.timeswv.com on 4/13/2008
  West Virginia, United States, North America -- . . . As a rural state with thick brush and a healthy dose of wildlife, West Virginia has one of the higher rates in the nation for rabies, officials said. But two incidents so early in the spring has caused concern. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/14/08


• Rabies incidents increase in Hanover - Richmond Times-Dispatch - www.inrich.com on 4/13/2008
  Hanover County, Virginia, United States, North America -- Hanover County has set a record no one is bragging about. The county had 30 confirmed cases of rabies last year. That's the highest incident rate in more than 10 years and an 88 percent jump from 2006, when 16 cases were reported. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/14/08


• Bat tests positive for rabies - Los Angeles Times - www.latimes.com on 4/12/2008
  Los Angeles County, California, United States, North America -- A bat found April 5 at the popular Crystal Springs picnic area in Griffith Park has tested positive for rabies, Times Staff Writer Mary Engel reports, and county health officials are asking that anyone who may have touched the animal contact a doctor for possible anti-rabies treatment. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/14/08


• Fishing troubled waters - Burlington Free Press - www.burlingtonfreepress.com on 4/13/2008
  Vermont, United States, North America -- Two years ago in Tenney Brook, a tiny brook trout stream that flows toward Rutland after spilling out of the mountains in central Vermont, state fisheries biologists discovered something unexpected. Whirling disease. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/14/08


• Scentless Spring? Flower Smells Blocked by Pollution - National Geographic - news.nationalgeographic.com on 4/11/2008
  United States, North America -- Soon it may be harder to stop and smell the roses. Growing levels of air pollution from power plants and automobiles have reduced the potency of flower fragrances by up to 90 percent as compared with pre-industrial levels in the United States, a new study has found. The trend is unpleasant for human noses, but may be life-threatening for pollinators such as bees and butterflies. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/14/08


• Shorebird Numbers Crash In Australia - ScienceDaily - www.sciencedaily.com on 4/13/2008
  Australia -- One of the world's great wildlife spectacles is under way across Australia: as many as two million migratory shorebirds of 36 species are gathering around Broome before an amazing 10,000-kilometre annual flight to their northern hemisphere breeding grounds. But an alarming new study has revealed that both these migrants and Australia's one million resident shorebirds have suffered a massive collapse in numbers over the past 25 years. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/14/08


• Group cites climate change in fight for frog protections - The Union-Tribune - www.signonsandiego.com on 4/12/2008
  Mexico, North America -- Environmentalists are suing the federal government over protections for a threatened frog found only in New Mexico, Arizona and a small part of Mexico, arguing that the amphibian is just one of many species facing increasing pressures due to climate change. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/14/08


• Group cites climate change in fight for frog protections - The Union-Tribune - www.signonsandiego.com on 4/12/2008
  Arizona, United States, North America -- Environmentalists are suing the federal government over protections for a threatened frog found only in New Mexico, Arizona and a small part of Mexico, arguing that the amphibian is just one of many species facing increasing pressures due to climate change. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/14/08


• Group cites climate change in fight for frog protections - The Union-Tribune - www.signonsandiego.com on 4/12/2008
  New Mexico, United States, North America -- Environmentalists are suing the federal government over protections for a threatened frog found only in New Mexico, Arizona and a small part of Mexico, arguing that the amphibian is just one of many species facing increasing pressures due to climate change. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/14/08


• Bovine TB objective: Don't be like Michigan - Duluth News Tribune - www.dl-online.com on 4/12/2008
  Minnesota, United States, North America -- If Minnesota does not aggressively combat bovine tuberculosis, some worry it could end up like Michigan. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/14/08


• Why are bats dying in the Northeast, and what do those deaths mean for Tennessee? - knoxnews - www.knoxnews.com on 4/11/2008
  Tennessee, United States, North America -- The die-off of bats that has plagued the Northeast over the last two winters has frightening implications for Tennessee, local bat experts say. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/11/08


• State: Alewives washing up on shores of Lake Champlain - Burlington Free Press - www.burlingtonfreepress.com on 4/11/2008
  Lake Champlain, Addison County, Vermont, United States, North America -- Small fish called alewives are washing up on the shores of Lake Champlain in large numbers, according to the Department of Fish & Wildlife. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/11/08


• Die-off decimates bighorn sheep herd - Helena Independent Record - www.helenair.com on 4/11/2008
  Montana, United States, North America -- The wild bighorn sheep in the Elkhorn Mountains have suffered an ?all-age die-off,? with only 19 found alive last week. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/11/08


• 13 elk caught in park test positive for disease - Rocky Mountain News - rockymountainnews.com on 4/10/2008
  Rocky Mountain National Park, Grand County, Colorado, United States, North America -- The first results of a new, live-animal test for chronic wasting disease found that 13 of 117 captured elk in Rocky Mountain National Park were positive. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/10/08


• 13 elk caught in park test positive for disease - Rocky Mountain News - rockymountainnews.com on 4/10/2008
  Rocky Mountain National Park, Larimer County, Colorado, United States, North America -- The first results of a new, live-animal test for chronic wasting disease found that 13 of 117 captured elk in Rocky Mountain National Park were positive. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/10/08


• Grant County eyes solutions for rabies - Las Cruces Sun-News - www.lcsun-news.com on 4/10/2008
  Grant County, New Mexico, United States, North America -- State and federal representatives have told Grant County officials that initially, there will be a fairly large number of rabies cases from a strain new to New Mexico, but that the number should taper off. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/10/08


• Patrolling the squirrel frontline - BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk on 4/10/2008
  Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe -- A small group of control officers has carried out about 650 humane killings along the border between Scotland and England in the past 18 months. It relies heavily on the local populace to help its bid to block the "main routes of incursion" from the south. Red Alert South West Scotland is at the frontline of stopping grey squirrels getting into a red squirrel stronghold. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/10/08


• Leave badger culling to us, minister warns farmers - Daily Post - www.dailypost.co.uk on 4/10/2008
  Wales, United Kingdom, Europe -- TARGETED badger culls in Wales will not be a licence for farmers to take matters into their own hands, rural affairs minister Elin Jones has warned. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/10/08


• Anger at proposed badger cull - Independent Television News - itn.co.uk on 4/9/2008
  Wales, United Kingdom, Europe -- Badgers are set to be killed in an attempt to stamp out tuberculosis in cattle. They are a protected species in the UK but have a bad reputation with some farmers. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/10/08


• Are pesticides killing Rhode Island lobsters? - Jamestown Press - www.jamestownpress.com on 4/10/2008
  Rhode Island, United States, North America -- Rhode Island lobstermen are worried that a pesticide used to control the development of mosquito larvae is killing young lobsters in Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Sound. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/10/08


• Wildlife under threat from record beach litter - Inthenews.com.uk - www.inthenews.co.uk on 4/10/2008
  England, United Kingdom, Europe -- Over 170 species of marine wildlife are being harmed by record levels of plastic litter on Britain's beaches, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has warned. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/10/08


• State considers increasing fines for feeding moose, other game - Fort Mills Times - www.fortmilltimes.com on 4/9/2008
  Anchorage, Anchorage County, Alaska, United States, North America -- Wildlife officials want moose to stop eating pizza. And the lo mein, steak and Thanksgiving turkeys. If they don't, Anchorage residents, at least the sloppy ones, can expect to get the bill. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/10/08


• Leatherback washes up in Destin - Northwest Florida Daily News - www.nwfdailynews.com on 4/8/2008
  Henderson Beach State Park, Okaloosa County, Florida, United States, North America -- A leatherback - one of the most endangered species of sea turtles - washed up Monday afternoon at Henderson Beach State Park. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/10/08


• Father 'caught bird flu from son' - BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk on 4/8/2008
  Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Asia -- Tests on a father diagnosed with bird flu in China show he probably caught the disease from his dying son. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/9/08


• Bird flu reported in Tien Giang - Nhan Dan - wwwnhandan.com on 4/9/2008
  Tien Giang, Vietnam, Asia -- Bird flu was reported to have occurred in Tien Giang province, said the Veterinary Department in Hanoi on April 8 at a meeting of the National Steering Board on Avian Influenza. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/9/08


• S. Korea finds more suspected bird flu outbreaks - Yonhap News - english.yonhapnews.co.kr on 4/8/2008
  South Korea, Asia -- South Korean quarantine authorities said Tuesday that they have found two more suspected bird flu outbreaks in the southwest of the country despite efforts to prevent the spread of the disease. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/9/08


• Bat Disease Continues to Baffle Researchers - WCAX - www.wcax.com on 4/8/2008
  Green Mountain National Forest, Rutland County, Vermont, United States, North America -- ...Green Mountain National Forest... The U.S. Forest Service hopes it's remote enough that the hundreds of bats inside will be protected from a mysterious disease. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/9/08


• Hermaphrodite Frogs Found in Suburban Ponds - New York Times - www.nytimes.com on 4/8/2008
  Connecticut, United States, North America -- Common frogs that make their homes in suburban areas are more likely than their rural counterparts to develop the reproductive abnormalities previously found in fish in the Potomac and Mississippi Rivers, according to the study by David Skelly, a professor of ecology at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/9/08


• Number Of Marine Mammals Stranded In N.J. Grows - CBS - cbs3.com on 4/3/2008
  New Jersey, United States, North America -- Marine experts are trying to determine why an increasing number of marine animals are ending up stranded on the Jersey shore -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/9/08


• UWI probes cancer in dead turtle - Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday - www.newsday.co.tt on 4/9/2008
  Trinidad and Tobago, North America -- The turtle was found to have a disease called Fibropapillomatosis (FP) and this is possibly the first report of this condition from Trinidad waters. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/9/08


• Animal Rabies Alert; Pinal County Public Health Services Advisory - EVliving.com - www.evliving.com on 4/7/2008
  Pinal County, Arizona, United States, North America -- he Pinal County Public Health Services District is issuing an advisory for animal rabies to all residents of Pinal County. On April 4th, 2008 a skunk found in the Maricopa area tested positive for rabies at the Arizona State Public Health Laboratory. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/8/08


• Imported aquacultured reef clams found to have foreign disease - University of Florida News - news.ufl.edu on 4/8/2008
  United States, North America -- Sean Strom, wildlife toxicologist for the Department of Natural Resources, said that lead poisoning is relatively common for some species today. Vividly colorful giant clams officially called tridacnids decorate many an upscale aquarium. But now experts say they boast an exterior beauty that masks an ugly truth: their potential for carrying foreign diseases. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/8/08


• Lead found in N.D. venison; none yet here - Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter - www.htrnews.com on 4/7/2008
  North Dakota, United States, North America -- A report from health officials in North Dakota that high levels of lead have been found in venison has the coordinator of the Green Bay Hunt for Hungry program upset. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/8/08


• Minister plans pilot badger cull - BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk on 4/8/2008
  Wales, United Kingdom, Europe -- A "targeted cull" of badgers has been announced as part of a plans in Wales to eradicate tuberculosis in cattle. The location of the area and details of the cull have yet to be decided. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/8/08


• Dozens of elk shot, two ranchers charged - Denver Post - www.denverpost.com on 4/2/2008
  Moffat County, Colorado, United States, North America -- At least 34 elk - including calves - have been killed by two ranchers in Moffat County, prosecutors and Division of Wildlife officials alleged Wednesday. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/8/08


• New And Deadly Viruses Passed Through Sweet Food And Domestic Animals - ScienceDaily - www.sciencedaily.com on 4/6/2008
  India, Asia -- Nipah virus is a new and deadly brain and lung disease that emerged from Singapore and Malaysia ten years ago. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/8/08


• Yellow fever - South America (22): Brazil, monkeys - ProMED Mail - www.promedmail.org on 4/3/2008
  San Jose do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America -- After confirmation of the deaths of 2 monkeys from yellow fever in the region of San Jose do Rio Preto, the state of Sao Paulo issued a new alert for the disease. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/8/08


• Rabid raccoon, skunk found in Uxbridge - Milford Daily News - www.milforddailynews.com on 4/4/2008
  Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States, North America -- A raccoon and skunk found in town last month both tested positive for rabies, according to the Board of Health. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/8/08


• New rules take effect to stem deadly virus in fish - Green Bay Press Gazette - www.greenbaypressgazette.com on 4/8/2008
  Wisconsin, United States, North America -- New rules aimed at curbing the spread of a deadly fish virus took effect Friday, as officials also urged people to report signs of fish kills. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/8/08


• Dead Zone Off Texas Coast Existed Since 1985 - ScienceDaily - www.sciencedaily.com on 4/4/2008
  Texas, United States, North America -- Researchers at Texas A&M University have confirmed for the first time that a "dead zone" has existed off the Texas coast for at least the past 23 years and will likely remain there, causing potential harmful effects to marine life in the area. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/8/08


• Bat Disease Spreads Across Vermont - WCAX - www.wcax.com on 4/4/2008
  Elizabeth Mine, Orange County, Vermont, United States, North America -- State wildlife officials confirm that a mysterious disease afflicting bats has been found in five places around Vermont, and is no longer isolated to the western side of the state. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/8/08


• Four More Deer Test Positive for CWD - West Virginia MetroNews - www.wvmetronews.com on 4/5/2008
  Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States, North America -- Four new cases of chronic wasting disease have been discovered in the containment zone in Hampshire County. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/8/08


• State gets $3.5M to fight bovine TB - Traverse City Record Eagle on 4/4/2008
  Michigan, United States, North America -- A chunk of federal change will be used to fight bovine tuberculosis in Michigan, particularly the northeastern region of the Lower Peninsula. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/4/08


• Rash of skunk deaths in Redding proving to be a mystery - Sacramento Bee - Sacbee.com on 4/4/2008
  Redding, Shasta County, California, United States, North America -- Rabies and distemper have been ruled out, but experts have not solved the mystery of Redding's dead skunks. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/4/08


• Recent Rabies Cases Raises Concerns Of More To Come - www.tricities.com on 4/4/2008
  Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States, North America -- Rabies cases are showing up in greater than usual numbers this year, and some officials are concerned the deadly virus will be an even greater threat this summer. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4/4/08


• Rabid fox keeps neighborhood on alert - Keepmecurrent.com - www.keepmecurrent.com on 4/3/2008
  Sanford, York County, Maine, United States, North America -- Sanford police say pet owners who live around the Margaret Chase Smith School on Twombley Road in Sanford should continue to watch their pets for any signs of rabies following confirmation that a fox seen in the area recently was in the advanced stages of the disease. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 4