« on: June 06, 2011, 11:57:34 AM »
Where are the "'angry beavers' terrorizing Philadelphia," anyway?
Wild Beavers Terrorize Philadelphia
Published June 06, 2011
| NewsCore
PHILADELPHIA – Pennsylvania game wardens remained stumped Sunday about a spate of "truly bizarre" rabid beaver attacks in and around Philadelphia.
Three people were bitten by a beaver last week in Pennypack Park in the city's northeastern section before the animal was killed and officials determined it had rabies, according to MyFoxPhilly.
A married couple was fishing on Wednesday when the large beaver bit the woman's leg, then turned on her husband and bit him in both arms and on his chest, the Pennsylvania Game Commission said.
On Thursday, a child was bitten in the same park. A short time later, a park ranger located the beaver nearby. That animal was killed and tested positive for rabies at a Health Department lab. Game wardens are looking through the park for other beavers that could be infected.
Park officials were baffled by the location of the attacks and the fact that the mammal was a beaver -- not a raccoon or skunk.
The rest of the story is here . . .
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/philly-beaver-attacks-called-truly-bizarre-060511It would seem to me, having shot a beaver (on a permit!) in my past, that getting bit by one would
hurt. Badly.
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