by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Jul 19, 2020 | Feature, News
Venomous snakes have been misunderstood and feared by humans for hundreds of years. The historic and current mischaracterization and demonization of snakes has led to widespread persecution and killings of snakes across the globe. In contrast to these fears and common...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Jun 20, 2020 | Feature, News
We have been notified that a young black bear was seen in the city limits of Havre de Grace last night and euthanized by the police department due to the perceived threat it could pose to the community. Many have asked why the Maryland Department of Natural Resources...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Jun 15, 2020 | Feature, News
We just shared this message recently but with two similar rescue calls coming in back to back this week, we thought we would highlight this issue again. Last Thursday we received a call from Clinton Johnson and his family who found this Eastern Rat Snake tangled in...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Jun 15, 2020 | Feature, News
We never know what call we’re going to get when our hotline rings and this one from Friday was certainly unexpected. Just after freeing a snake from deer exclusion netting the day before we got this report of a “Copperhead” entangled in erosion...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Jun 6, 2020 | Feature, News
As more of us are beginning to enjoy recreational time near the water, we will undoubtedly start getting false reports of venomous Cottonmouth Water Moccasins in our region of Maryland and states to the northeast of us. There has never been a confirmed, documented...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Jun 6, 2020 | Feature, News
Today we wanted to highlight two easily confused local frog species that you will likely hear calling in almost any wetland on a warm night. Although the bull frog can grow larger, a smaller individual can appear almost identical to an adult green frog at first...
