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http://www.kusi.com/story/36379357/ground-squirrel-captured-for-monitoring-on-palomar-mountain-tests-positive-for-plague Posted: Sep 15, 2017 3:17 PM PDT Updated: Sep 15, 2017 3:17 PM PDT SAN DIEGO (KUSI) — A ground squirrel trapped in routine monitoring at the Cedar Grove Campground on Palomar Mountain tested positive for plague, San Diego County Vector Control officials said Friday. County environmental health officials said it is common toread more
http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article170690787.html BY TIM POTTER tpotter@wichitaeagle.com Cotton rat Tribune File photo SEPTEMBER 01, 2017 9:57 AM Populations of cotton rats have become “outrageously high” in Kansas, according to one biologist. The cotton rats feed on grass and weed seeds. In two and a half months, Virginia Dagenais has caught or killed 19 rats around her homeread more
‘It’s Terrible:’ Long Island Neighborhood Plagued By Rat Problem July 5, 2017 12:51 PM Filed Under: Farmingdale, Long Island, rats, Sophia Hall FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – A Long Island neighborhood is being plagued by a rat problem. Every day, Thomas Morritt, who lives on Lockwood Boulevard in Farmindale, finds three or four dead rats in theread more
Evans City Council works to abate prairie dogs in the city Trevor Reid treid@greeleytribune.com June 21, 2017 When Julie Scheneman moved to Evans with her family four years ago, she immediately noticed prairie dogs getting uncomfortably close to homes in the area. And she wasn’t the only one. “The homeowners over in that area saidread more
http://www.newsweek.com/dangerous-diseases-rat-parasite-colonizing-florida-alarming-researchers-630312 BY JESSICA WAPNER ON 6/30/17 AT 9:09 AM Rats eating puffed rice in India. Wild rats host a potentially dangerous parasite known as rat lungworm. SANJAY KANOJIA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Updated | Microscopic parasites lurk in all manner of places. Pond sediment, mosquitoes, pets, unwashed fruit—all of these places can be safe harbors for these potentiallyread more
