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‘Staggering disease’ discovered in Colorado mountain lion

AVMA News

For the first time in North America a case of rustrela virus infection, also known as staggering disease, has been identified in a wild mountain lion. Researchers are encouraging further investigations to determine just how prevalent the virus is in area wildlife.

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USDA tracking bird flu spillover events in mammals

AVMA News

Mountain lions, bottlenose dolphins, and striped skunks are among a long list of wild animals infected during the largest outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in U.S.

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Kofa Mountain Lion Update

Animal Person

Though I wrote about the mountain lions of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge a couple of times, it was never with the breadth and depth that Deb Durant of Invisible Voices has.

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When Will One Show Up In Queens?

10,000 Birds

The Mountain Lion struck and killed by a car in Connecticut in June has been confirmed as a wild animal. Its journey originated in South Dakota, 1,500 miles to the west! The last confirmed sighting of a cougar in Connecticut was in the late 1800s.

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Police Shooting of 15 lb Mountain Lion Cub Ruled Unjustified

Critter News

Wow, bet that must have been a short hearing. A 15 lb cub and they were so freaked out they shot it. Said Larry Nichols, a weapons and tactics specialist with the Burbank Police Department, who wrote the review: "The actions taken by the officers [were] not appropriate and outside of the department policy.

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Giveaway: Emory’s Gift

4 The Love Of Animals

One day while fishing in the woods behind his home Charlie is saved from a mountain lion by a grizzly bear. The story is told from the perspective of Charlie Hall, a 13-year-old boy who is struggling after the loss of his mother. Not to mention how to deal with the brutal halls of junior high school.

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Take Wing and Fly Here by Priyanka Kumar

10,000 Birds

encounters mountain lion sign and is momentarily engaged in something more immediate and consequential than whining, even that falls flat. The book’s blurbs promise beautiful descriptions of landscape, but aside from a few precious pages where J.K. There are other, smaller infelicities as well.