NORTON CO., Kan. (WIBW) – Game Wardens in Kansas have issued appearance notices to two suspects in a case that include accusations of hunting deer and turkey without a permit.
Kansas Game Wardens with theDepartment of Wildlife and Parkssay that on Saturday, April 15, they held a saturation patrol in Norton Co. Here, 18 hunters were checked and one trespassing issue was resolved as a miscommunication.
In an unrelated investigation, Game Wardens also said 11 notices to appear were sent to two suspects for:
Russian state TV guests discussed a plan for world domination after nuclear war with the West during a debate on current global tensions due to the Ukraine war.
State TV hostVladimir Solovyovhas repeatedly called for further escalation of the Ukraine war and aggression against the West as the conflict rages on.
In recent months, theRussian militaryhas struggled to make headway in its invasion of Ukraine and has tried to capture the Donbas city of Bakhmut ahead of an anticipated counterattack by Kyiv.
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A MAN in Chile infected with a bird flu has shown concerning mutations, US health officials have warned.
Studies suggest the new mutations could cause the virus to be more deadly and spread more easily.
The new mutations could cause the virus to be more deadly and spread more easily.Credit: GettyHow bird flu could mutate to make it spread more effectively in humans
However, there is no evidence that the mutations make it easier for the bug to cling to a person’s upper lungs – a development that would raise concerns about human-to-human transmission.
Despite the new mutations, the threat to people from the virus remains low, Centre for Disease Control (CDC) officials have said.
The mutations, which have only been noted in the one hospitalised patient, may have occurred after the man got sick, the CDC added.
There is no evidence that the mutated virus spread to other people, mixed with other flu viruses, or developed the evade medicines and vaccines.
This type of flu, named type A H5N1, was first identified as a threat to people during a 1997 outbreak in Hong Kong, when visitors to live poultry markets caught it.
Some 868 human H5N1 cases have been reported over the last two decades and over half (456) have been fatal, according to the World Health Organisation.
There have been some reports of human-to-human transmission – but this is very rare.
The vast majority of infected people got it directly from birds.
Experts worry the sheer scale of the current spread could give the virus more opportunities to mutate, which could enable H5N1 to better spread in humans.
Earlier this year, an 11-year-old girl from Cambodia died after catching the big from infected poultry.
Scientists are calling on the Government to create a new bird flu vaccine before the virus learns to more effectively jump to humans.
The new lab analysis looked at the virus found in the lungs of a 53-year-old man living in Chiles Antofagasta region.
He may of been infected through direct contact with sick or dead birds or infected sea lions, according to a WHO summary of the case.
The man was healthy and had not travelled abroad recently. On March 13, he started getting a cough, sore throat and hoarseness, the WHO said.
His symptoms quickly worsened and he was sent to an intensive care unit and treated with antiviral medicines and antibiotics. He is still hospitalised and being monitored, CDC officials said.
What are the symptoms of bird flu in humans?
The main symptoms of bird flu can appear very quickly and include:
a very high temperature or feeling hot or shivery
aching muscles
headache
a cough or shortness of breath
Other early symptoms may include:
diarrhoea
sickness
stomach pain
chest pain
bleeding from the nose and gums
conjunctivitis
Source: NHS
Genetic testing this week revealed the two concerning mutations.
It comes just weeks after 40,000 poultry were culled in central Chile on Wednesday after the country detected its first case of bird flu.
[image: image.png] Fishermen drive bottle-nose dolphins into a net during their annual hunt off Taiji in Japan. A conservation group has lodged a complaint demanding dolphin meat is removed from sale. Photograph: AP
Marine conservation campaigners have lodged a complaint with police demanding that “toxic” dolphin meat be removed from sale in Japan <https://www.theguardian.com/world/japan>, after a test showed a sample contained levels of mercury up to 100 times higher than the government’s recommended safe level.
Action for Dolphins <https://www.afd.org.au/> (AFD), a nonprofit based in Australia, filed the complaint with police in central Japan this month, amid expert warnings that regular consumption of dolphin meat could threaten the health of consumers.
AFD said recent testing at a laboratory in Japan revealed that one sample bought in the country – a portion of Risso’s dolphin offal – exceeded the government-set regulatory limit of mercury by up to 97.5 times. A second package of Risso’s dolphin offal showed mercury levels 80 times higher than the safe limit.
An AFD investigator based in Japan ordered Risso’s dolphin offal from the Yahoo! Japan website on 13 October 2022. Two packages arrived on 15 October and were sent to a laboratory in Japan, where they were tested separately………………….
LINCOLN – The bird flu outbreak that started last year and has led to the deaths of more than 5 million birds in Nebraska has now been linked to the deaths of at least three cats in the state.
Two of the cats came from a home in Madison County and were the subject of a case report published in February by Dr. Sarah Sillman, an assistant professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and veterinary diagnostic pathologist at UNL’s Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Center. The third cat was from Buffalo County and became ill last month.
In an interview, Sillman said bird flu in domestic cats and other pets “is quite rare,” with the Veterinary Diagnostic Center having seen just a few cases in cats since the outbreak in birds more than a year ago.
“The current HPAI outbreak in birds has been particularly severe, and it is not surprising that we see these occasional ‘spillover’ events in mammals, including pets,” Sillman said in an interview. “Cats are particularly vulnerable, in large part because many cats are completely outdoor free-roaming and frequently hunting wild birds.”
She said she’s not sure why half the bird flu deaths in cats in the U.S. so far have occurred in Nebraska, but it could be due to the fact that the state is a main flyway for migrating birds and also has many farms and rural residences with outdoor cats.
“The cases diagnosed in our lab were all outdoor cats,” she said.
It’s not certain how the cat’s became infected, but Sillman said it’s likely they ate infected birds.
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“Oral ingestion is an important route of infection for pet cats out in the natural environment when they consume infected wild birds,” she said.
Though it is possible for the cats to transmit the disease to other animals in close contact, such as other household pets, the Madison County cats were around other household cats and did not appear to transmit the virus to them.
In addition to the three Nebraska cats, two cats died of bird flu in Oregon and another one in Wyoming. There have been sporadic reports of pet deaths in other countries, including a cat in France and a dog in Canada.
There have been a little more than 150 confirmed cases of bird flu in mammals in the U.S. since the current outbreak began, mostly in wild skunks and foxes, although it has affected bears and even marine animals such as seals, sea lions and dolphins.
An outbreak at the Riverside Zoo in Scottsbluff in December killed two mountain lions and two tigers and also infected a grizzly bear. The source of the outbreak was determined to be tainted goose meat used as food.
Sillman said the best way to protect cats and other domestic pets from bird flu is to avoid exposure to wild birds and poultry.
“It is advised to keep cats indoors to avoid contact with wild birds, waterfowl and domestic poultry,” she said. “If there are sites known to have had infected birds, keep pets away from the virus-contaminated area. Avoid feeding raw poultry and keep pets from consuming wild bird carcasses.”
Bison graze in a thermal area near Obsidian Creek inside Yellowstone National Park on April 5. As many as 1,600 bison migrated outside the park’s North Entrance this winter due to the heavy snow and cold weather.Jacob W. Frank, NPS
Yellowstone National Park bison advocates are at odds over whether the killing of more than 1,100 of the animals by tribal members this winter is a hunt, a harvest or a slaughter.
“How in the world is this buffalo population supposed to survive all these people coming to kill them?” questioned Jaedin Medicine Elk, a Northern Cheyenne tribal member and cofounder of Roam Free Nation.
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Methane warms the planet 86 times more powerfully thancarbon dioxideover the course of 20 years, and it will be difficult for the state to reach its required cleaner air and climate goals without accounting for this source, the researchers said.
Wildfires emittingmethaneis not new. But the amount of methane from the top 20 fires in 2020 was more than seven times the average from wildfires in the previous 19 years, according to the new UCR study.
“Fires are getting bigger and more intense, and correspondingly, more emissions are coming from them,” said UCR environmental sciences professor and study co-author Francesca Hopkins. “The fires in 2020…
AP Photo/Tony Dejak, FileFILE — In this Feb. 8, 2017 file photo, a northern long-eared bat is held at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, in Cleveland. Tree-cutting on a key stretch of a power line in western Maine is going to stop almost as soon as it started to protect the newly born young of the federally protected bat. A federal appeals court last week gave the green light for construction on a 53-mile segment of the New England Clean Energy Connect, but construction will have to stop in June and July to protect the northern long-eared bat, which has been hard-hit by so-called white nose syndrome.
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Baby harbor seal via Tiffany Boothe/SeasideAquarium
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SEASIDE, Ore. — Spring is in the air and seal pups are about to start popping up along the Pacific Northwest coast, according to the Seaside Aquarium!
The Seaside Aquarium says that Oregon and Washington typically see harbor seals born throughout spring and into late summer, while California may see pups as early as February.
These baby seals use time on land to regulate body temperature and rest while their mothers hunt nearby. However, the mother may not return if humans are too close. Thus, wildlife experts suggest giving seal pups plenty of space, observing them from a distance, and while they are absolutely adorable… do not touch them! The Aquarium states that any interference from humans could cause early separation between the newborn pup and mother and could be detrimental to the pup’s ability to survive.
Female seals birth annually, and use familiar coastal shores or estuary areas with easy access to water to have their pups. New seals can immediately swim, but stay close and ride on their mother’s back while they mature.
Marine mammals are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Under this federal law, it is illegal to move, touch, harass, feed, or kill marine mammals. The Aquarium says that human encroachment and domestic dog interaction are big challenges for the health and well-being of both young and mature seals.
The Seaside Aquarium asks that if you come across a seal pup, please contact the Marine Mammal Stranding Network. Local wildlife officials will post educational signs that encourage the public to keep a safe distance away from the animal while the situation is monitored by experts. Experts state that most of the time the animal is healthy and in need of rest before it rejoins with its mother or re-enters the water.
The Marine Mammal Stranding Network responds to sightings of seal pups and other injured or dead marine mammal. Responders will act as quickly as possible to assess the situation and obtain information and observations about the animal in question.
For the northern Oregon and southern Washington coast, the Seaside Aquarium is the local responder for the Marine Mammal Stranding Network and can be contacted at 503.738.6211. If a stranded marine mammal is found elsewhere, the Marine Mammal Hotline at 1.800.452.7888 and they will contact the appropriate stranding network responder for the area.
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Last year the Seaside Aquarium says it responded to and placed signs on 21 harbor seal pups, all of which successfully left the beach.
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced the spring black bear hunting season and the spring male turkey hunting season opened Saturday. Photo: NBC Montana
HELENA, Mont. —Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced the spring black bear hunting season and the spring male turkey hunting season opened Saturday.
FWP officials shared reminders and resources for hunters going into the back country this spring.
To learn more about hunting regulations or to purchase your license online,click here.
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks released the following information:
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