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MONROE, CT — Residents are finding baby fawns lying alone in yards all over town. In one case, on May 20, a doe who recently gave birth believed its fawn was threatened by a property owner’s dog, so the deer attacked the pet.
MONROE, Conn. — A resident of 31 Hawthorne Drive received a $100 infraction for allegedly operating a facility to board and train 12 dogs inside his house without a state license Monday, March 9.
MONROE, Conn. — A Church Street resident was cleaning off a gas grill after supper Wednesday, Feb. 26, when the pet owner heard something from the tree line.
MONROE, Conn. — An injured junco bird is recuperating at the Sharon Audubon Center after a Blanket Meadow resident scooped it up from his driveway, placed it in a box and drove it to Monroe Animal Control’s field office on Friday, Feb. Read More
A New Hampshire man was hiking with his family in Kensington last month, when a coyote attacked his two-year-old son. Ian O’Reilly kicked the coyote, but when it kept fighting, biting him twice, he strangled it to death.
A man driving north on Jockey Hollow Road reported seeing what he believed to be a moose walking across the road near Pepper Street on Friday morning, Nov. Read More
A school bus driver traveled along Monroe Turnpike (Route 111) Tuesday, Oct. 15, when a deer ran into the roadway near Kettle Creek Lane and into the side of the bus.
On Sept. 24, a Bart Road woman reported finding animal scat in her yard almost every morning. An officer identified the scat as belonging to a red fox, but a camera would make it a positive I.D. Read More
An Edge Hill Circle man told police he believes he saw a mountain lion on Wrabel Circle on Sept. 16, and Animal Control Officer Ed Risko says it’s possible that a wildcat was in the area, adding people sometimes take an animal as an exotic pet and lose it or let it go when they can’t take care of it. Read More
A bear sow and her cubs are getting bolder in their search for food, entering garages, porches and houses. Animal Control Officer Ed Risko, whose been monitoring the animals, warns the sow will get a kill order if this continues, because she’s showing her cubs this behavior is okay. Read More