A mountain lion was attacking a dog in Downieville early in the morning on Monday when a neighbor shot and killed it, according to wildlife officials.
A resident shot and killed a mountain lion attacking their neighbor’s dog in a California neighborhood, officials said. The dog was in the cougar’s jaws as the neighbor fired and didn’t survive the attack, a California Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesperson told McClatchy News in a phone interview Tuesday, Jan. 14.
As wildfire ravages areas of Southern California and continues to pose a risk across the state amid human-caused climate change, the California Department of Fish and
According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, more than 500,000 yearling-sized steelhead trout will be released into the waters of the Sacramento River, the Feather River, and the
Unchecked infestations could result in millions of dollars in maintenance costs for clogged pipes and damaged equipment. California animal control implements urgent new procedural mandate for threatening species: 'An important first step' first appeared on The Cool Down.
"Wildlife is incredibly resilient," a biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said, noting that "many species adapted to endure it."
That’s unacceptable by all means, we all want to catch salmon and tons of commercial guys are just taking the hit.”
All the way from Altadena to Huntington Beach, the first wave of wildlife refugees are finding sanctuary from the Eaton fire in the open arms, and pens, of Huntington Beach's Wetlands & Wildlife Care Center.
A California family's home security camera captured footage of a bear that made a late-night visit to their back yard and took a swim in the pool.
In response to a 2012 petition by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect the Clear Lake hitch — a large minnow found only in Northern California’s Clear Lake and its tributaries — as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.
A commercial fisherman was caught hiding over 2,000 pounds of fish behind a false wall in his trawling vessel, California wildlife officers said. California Department of Fish and Wildlife on ...
A man killed in a shootout with deputies in Calaveras County was armed with a rifle, handgun and a bullet-resistant vest that he had stolen from the Mokelumne River Fish Hatchery the previous day, the sheriff’s office said.