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Grizzly bears may be spreading southward

Last updated Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 4:30pm

LANDER, Wyo. -- The second grizzly bear in two years has been spotted near Lander, according to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

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(Contributed by Clint Thacker) An osprey netted in Kaysville ponds Friday showed signs of starvation and was taken to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah in Ogden.

Animal services nets osprey far from home on Kaysville ponds

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 5:02pm

KAYSVILLE — Birds of a feather flocking together apparently doesn’t apply to ospreys.

Or at least the starving osprey Davis County Animal Services officers safely netted Friday on the Kaysville ponds. The officers have turned over the bird to a Northern Utah wildlife rehabilitation center so it can make a full recovery.

“Ospreys usually live around large bodies of water, in the higher elevations, not down in our valley,” Davis County Animal Services Director Clint Thacker said.

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In this photo provided by Kern County Animal Control, a black bear that wandered onto school property during a Bakersfield school graduation is shown before being released in Kern County, Calif., Thursday, May 31, 2012. Kern County Animal Control officers say the young black bear approached the grounds of Ramon Garza Elementary School on Thursday, forcing students who were outside to return to their classrooms, and surprising students and parents attending a graduation ceremony at adjacent Sierra Middle School. (AP Photo/Kern County Animal Control, Kim Rodriguez)

Wandering bear crashes school graduation

Matt Stevens Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, June 1, 2012 - 9:58am

BAKERSFIELD, Calif -- A young black bear nearly crashed a middle school graduation Thursday morning when it wandered over a fence and onto an adjacent Bakersfield elementary school playground, scattering students and providing a spectacle for parents.

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Rescued Idaho puppy turns out to be a wolf

Rocky Barker The Idaho Statesman

Last updated Friday, June 1, 2012 - 6:26am

BOISE, Idaho --The pup is awaiting his fate at Zoo Boise.

Tracks on Warm Springs Road in the Smoky Mountains northwest of Ketchum appear to show he was part of a wild pack that lived in the area, said Suzanne Stone, a wolf expert with the Defenders of Wildlife.

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Found dog turns out to be lost wolf pup

Contributed The Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho)

Last updated Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 6:40am

BOISE, Idaho --. Zoo Boise has agreed to temporarily house a lost a wolf pup found outside of Ketchum, wildlife officials announced Wednesday.

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An approximately 2-year-old female cougar bares her teeth at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife agents preparing to release her back into the wild northeast of Arlington Wednesday afternoon. The cougar was trapped on Tuesday after being spotted too close to an area populated by humans. After receiving a tag, the cougar was released back into the wild by Fish and Wildlife agents. (AP Photo/The Daily Herald, Mark Mulligan)

Cougar being released reluctant to leave cage

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, May 25, 2012 - 9:49am

EVERETT, Wash. -- Wildlife agents in Washington state were ready to release a captured cougar back into the wild, but it didn't want to go.

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Mountain lion roaming Boise shot and killed by police

Patrick Orr The Idaho Statesman

Last updated Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 2:24pm

BOISE -- Boise State University officials say the mountain lion that was seen by campus and Julia Davis Park Monday morning has been shot and killed.

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Bear wanders through Idaho town

Allison Gene Smith The Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho)

Last updated Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 6:41am

GOODING, Idaho -- A Gooding woman got a surprise Saturday evening when she spotted a small bear crossing her driveway.

Rosemary Anderson, who lives near 1500 East and 2100 South in Gooding County, said she went outside to close her garage door when she noticed the bear about 15 yards away.

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Search on for moutain lion running about Boise

Patrick Orr The Idaho Statesman

Last updated Monday, May 21, 2012 - 4:47pm

BOISE -- Police and Idaho Fish and Game officials are actively looking for a mountain lion that officers saw running by WinCo Foods off Front Street around 4:40 a.m. Monday.

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Game warden’s job no mere walk in the woods

Bryan Brasher Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Monday, May 21, 2012 - 2:27pm

The events of the past week -- with Mississippi game wardens being the ones who finally found murder/kidnapping suspect Adam Mayes in the woods -- remind us once again that being a conservation officer -- a game warden -- is a far different endeavor than some people like to believe.

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Deer lice spreading in Idaho

Eric Baker Lewiston Tribune

Last updated Friday, May 18, 2012 - 9:10am

LEWISTON, Idaho -- The same kind of exotic lice infesting deer at Riggins have been found on mule deer in a handful of other Idaho locations but at much lower densities and without causing hair loss to their hosts.

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Tranquilizer stops moose on the loose in Logan

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 9:25am

LOGAN -- Wildlife officials say they planned to release a moose into the wild after it went on a jaunt through neighborhoods north of Logan and triggered a police chase.

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Wyoming wildlife officials warn against handling baby animals

Kelsey Dayton Casper Star Tribune

Last updated Monday, May 14, 2012 - 2:59pm

GREEN RIVER, Wyo -- They are irresistibly cute. And if the thought they are sad, lonely or abandoned enters a person's mind, the pull on the heartstrings can be too much to bear. But picking up wild baby animals rarely leads to anything good.

With the arrival of spring, Wyoming sheriff's offices and wildlife officials have received calls about young animals peopleare certain need human care.

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