Cougars In Michigan - Group Needs Our Help

Outdoor Notebook: Deer hunters asked to watch for cougars
Compiled and edited by Steve Griffin
11/08/2007
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The Michigan Wildlife Conservancy is asking Michigan deer hunters to help it identify and protect an endangered species, the cougar, by reporting any sightings they experience or sign they encounter.

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Study can help residents address nuisance wildlife

Study can help residents address nuisance wildlife

Andrew Sawmiller

Andrew Sawmiller is a staff writer for the Spinal Column Newsweekly

November 07, 2007 - West Bloomfield Township has completed a wildlife study requested earlier this year to aid in managing what appears to some to be a growing population of bothersome animals in the lake-filled community.

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Fox - Rabbies Scare

Health officials try to nip rabies scare
Michigan cases quadruple so far in '07, but some say it may be due to rise in testing

Christine Ferretti / The Detroit News

Clippings

PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP -- Larry Root never gave much thought to rabies until one day, while he was minding his own business, a crazed fox sank its teeth into his foot and leg.
The 30-pound critter had its way in his Plymouth Township neighborhood earlier this month, mauling a jogger, nipping at a condominium worker and biting Root as he left his vehicle.
Root struck back, whacking the fox to death with a shovel, but the mad mammal had its revenge. A few days later, tests confirmed it was rabid, forcing Root to undergo a series of five shots to ensure he didn't get the deadly disease so nasty it takes its name from the Latin word for "madness."

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