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Conservation officers kill cougar linked to attack on Squamish B.C., girl
Posted by WpgJim on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 (15:01:53) (17 reads)
SQUAMISH, B.C. - A young Squamish, B.C., girl is recovering from a cougar attack near her Howe Sound home and her mom is being hailed for saving the little girl.
A neighbour says three-year-old Maya was jumped by the adult, male cougar as she picked berries with her mother early Tuesday evening.
Wade Rowland drove Maya's mother to the hospital where the girl is expected to make a full recovery from several scratches and puncture wounds.
He says the mother reacted instinctively when she saw the cat pounce, pulling the cougar off her daughter and hurling it aside before grabbing the child and getting away.
Conservation officers tracked a male cougar and shot it late Tuesday night.
A necropsy is planned and DNA samples will be taken to confirm it was the cat involved and also to help determine why the attack occurred.
By: THE CANADIAN PRESS
Source: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Conservation-officers-kill-cougar-linked-to-attack-on-Squamish-B_C__-girl-48245532.html
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Bear cub spotted with head stuck in feeder
Posted by WpgJim on Thursday, June 11, 2009 (16:37:20) (15 reads)
GRANTSBURG, Wis. - It was no honey pot like in "Winnie the Pooh" but a bear cub in Wisconsin was spotted with a bird feeder stuck on its head.
A landowner in the northwestern part of the state told the state Department of Natural Resources about the cub over Memorial Day weekend.
But the mother was so protective that DNR officers couldn't get near the cub, who was still able to climb a tree.
When the Department of Natural Resources set out a live trap this week, it caught both the cub and the mom. The feeder was found in pieces next to them, possibly chewed apart by the mom.
Both bears were released into the woods.
By: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Source: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/oddities/Bear-cub-spotted-with-head-stuck-in-feeder.html
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Deer escapes after being trapped on bridge
Posted by WpgJim on Thursday, June 11, 2009 (16:32:58) (3 reads)
A deer runs off the Esplanade Riel footbridge this afternoon after getting its head stuck between bars of a railing. (MIKE.DEAL@FREEPRESS.MB.CA )
WINNIPEG--A deer was trapped on the Esplanade
WINNIPEG--A deer was trapped on the Esplanade Riel footbridge this afternoon before it escaped and ran off.
Pedestrians were asked to stay off the Esplanade Riel footbridge at around 2:40 p.m. today after the deer apparently got its head stuck in the railing.
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Officials had feared if the animal got free it would panic and injure a passerby.
The deer became free and ran back and forth on the bridge before running off into the St. Boniface area.
Witnesses said it appeared to have some blood on its head.
Vehicle traffic on the bridge was not affected.
Source: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Deer-trapped-on-bridge-47542432.html
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Conservation officers suspect crossbow hunter at work in Vernon, B.C.
Posted by WpgJim on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 (15:13:16) (3 reads)
VERNON, B.C. - Conservation officers in B.C.'s North Okanagan fear someone in the Vernon area is using an usual and deadly weapon to hunt black bears.
Officer Josh Lockwood says four razor-sharp hunting bolts from a crossbow have been found in a field.
He says there have been complaints about bears in a local alfalfa field and he suspects the bolts, which are similar to arrows, were fired at a bruin grazing there.
Lockwood says shooting the bolts is illegal and an investigation suggests they were fired by a Vernon-area resident.
He is also trying to determine who used a firearm to shoot and kill one black bear in Coldstream, just east of Vernon, and wound another near Killiney Beach, southwest of that city.
Lockwood says bears may not be shot without a licence unless there is immediate danger to humans or livestock.
By: THE CANADIAN PRESS
9/06/2009
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/Conservation-officers-suspect-crossbow-hunter-at-work-in-Vernon_-B_C_-47450597.html
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Campground to include wheelchair sites
Posted by WpgJim on Saturday, June 06, 2009 (14:20:46) (3 reads)
The province and Ottawa are spending $5 million to build a new campground at Winnipeg Beach featuring wheelchair-accessible sites.
The provincial park will get 120 new serviced sites with children’s play areas, picnic sites and an expanded boardwalk. The wheelchair-accessible sites will be the first in the province.
A draft concept plan for the Winnipeg Beach Provincial Park redevelopment will be available for public review at an open house scheduled for Saturday, June 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion in Winnipeg Beach.
The project is expected to create up to 150 jobs. The cost of the $5-million project is being split evenly between the federal and provincial governments.
Source: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Campground-to-include-wheelchair-sites-47076902.html
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