There has been a decades-long effort to prevent the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from declaring this iconic North American species, which inhabits swampy bottomlands, as extinct. The newest bit of evidence comes from researchers at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh who now have drone footage of the bird’s “landing sequence.” “At stake are resources for protecting the birds, whose numbers were decimated by habitat destruction and collecting,” writes reporter Mary Ann Thomas. Meanwhile Police Still Searching For 2 ‘Escaped’ Kangaroos In Northeast Ohio. The presumption is that they are “escaped” animals, as ‘roos are not native to Ohio. There is no mention that they may be phantom kangaroos. Finally, we have another “escaped” animal assumption, this time in a report of a Mysterious Big Cat Photographed in Hawai. The “Honolulu Zoo conceded that the pictures are difficult to decipher, but observed that the paw prints suggest that it was possibly a Southwestern Lynx, which is a decidedly non-native species in Hawaii and likely had escaped from a private collector who was illegally keeping it in captivity,” notes Tim Binnall. (PH)
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