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In the News
Date of this Version
Winter 2017
Document Type
Article
Citation
Human–Wildlife Interactions (Winter 2017) 11(3): article 3
doi: 10.26077/dfv6-te85
Special topic: Community-based conservation
Abstract
Wildlife Services sued over animal control methods
In summer 2017, animal welfare groups fi led a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services (WS) to force the agency to examine its methods for controlling human–wildlife conflicts in northern California.
CWD-infected monkeys
Preliminary results from an ongoing study conducted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency claim to have infected cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis) with Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) through consumption of meat from infected deer.
A bobcat “rescue”
A well-intentioned woman in western Tennessee who brought home what she thought was an injured bobcat (Lynx rufus; Figure 1) needed rescuing herself after the animal holed up in her laundry room, a local NBC station reported.
Kangaroos confuse self-driving cars
As many car-manufacturing companies develop self-driving cars, Volvo has discovered an unexpected problem with the Large Animal Detection system in its automated vehicles: kangaroos (Macropus spp.).
Rabid deer confirmed in N.C.
In September 2017, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) confirmed a rare case of rabies in a white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), according to the Citizen-Times.
Woodpeckers damage power poles
Over the past year, woodpeckers (Picidae) in southeast England damaged thousands of power poles by drilling holes into posts, according to the BBC.
British badger culling expanded
To control bovine tuberculosis (TB), the British government expanded areas where European badgers (Meles meles) could be culled in 2017, according to The Guardian.
Neighborhood peacocks ruffle feathers
According to the Miami Herald, overabundant peafowl (Pavo sp.; Figure 2) are ruffling the feathers of residents of Miami-Dade County in southern Florida.