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USDA Wildlife Services outlines animal conflict, disease surveillance and Mexican gray wolf work in Greenlee County
Summary
Federal Wildlife Services staff briefed the Greenlee County Board of Supervisors on predator depredation response, rabies and feral swine surveillance, and nonlethal tools used on the Mexican gray wolf project; staff encouraged residents to report wildlife exposures and use county animal-control channels for testing.
The Greenlee County Board of Supervisors heard an overview from USDA Wildlife Services on the agency’s local work, including depredation investigations, rabies testing, feral swine surveillance and assistance on the Mexican gray wolf project.
The presentation, given by Christopher Carrillo, supervisory wildlife biologist, and Sterling Simpson, wildlife specialist, described services that range from technical advice to direct control of problem animals and disease sampling. “Our mission is to provide federal expertise to resolve wildlife-human conflicts,” Carrillo told the board.
Carrillo said Wildlife Services…
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