San Joaquin County Local Animals News Articles and Digest

Health Animals

March 1 Free Mobile Pet Clinic a Success

03/04/2025
Read on to learn more about the services provided to the hundreds of pet owners who drove in to the free mobile pet clinic on the first weekend of March at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds.

From Stocktonia...

Environment Water Animals

New Federal Strategy: Consume Nutria Before They Consume Delta

02/26/2025
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is promoting the hunting and uh, eating, of invasive nutria as a means of curbing their presence in the Delta. Tastes like chicken? No, rabbit. Read on for more.

From LodiNews...

Health Animals

Free Mobile Pet Vaccine Clinic At San Joaquin County Fairgrounds in Stockton March 1

02/21/2025
Read on for more information about a free pet vaccine clinic to be held at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds in Stockton on March 1.

From Local News Matters Stockton...

Environment Water Animals

EBMUD Extends Boat Launch Ramp Closures in Effort to Prevent Spread of Invasive Mussel

02/19/2025
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Boat launches at all East Bay Municipal Utility District reservoirs will remain closed in an effort to keep invasive golden mussels from infesting the public water supply, the agency said.

From Manteca Bulletin...

Land Use & Development Animals City of Manteca

Manteca's Gopher Problem

02/19/2025
You read that right. The City of Manteca has a problem with gophers, and is considering deploying owl boxes to help deal with it. Read on for details.

From The Mercury News...

Public Safety Health Animals

Bird Flu Infects San Mateo County Cat

02/06/2025
Bird flu was detected in a stray cat in San Mateo County. Read on for more information.

From The Mercury News...

Public Safety Health Animals

Bird Flu Infected Flock Confirmed in San Mateo

02/06/2025
A local backyard poultry flock has been confirmed by San Mateo County health officials to have been infected with H5N1 bird flu. Read on for more information.

From The Sacramento Bee...

Environment Animals Resilience

Monarch Butterfly Numbers Plummet

02/03/2025
The statewide count of overwintering monarch butterflies shows a sharp drop in number. Read on to learn more.

From Stocktonia...

Animals County of San Joaquin

Progress Report in Horrific Animal Cruelty Case

02/03/2025
The investigation into the owner of a Clements ranch where dozens of dead horses and starving animals were found is ongoing. Read on for more information about this tragic case being pursued by the San Joaquin County Sheriff.

From CalMatters...

Environment Animals Sustainability Resilience

CA Monarch Butterfly Count Yields Worrisome Finding

02/03/2025
For the past three years, more than 200,000 western monarch butterflies spent their winters along the California coast — huddling together in tall tree groves, finding respite from the wind from November to February.

From Los Angeles Times...

Environment Animals Sustainability

California Monarchs See Steep Decline

01/30/2025
The number of monarch butterflies overwintering in California are at a near-record low, and the wiping out of the Topanga butterfly habitat by the LA fires has made matters worse. Read on to learn more.

From Local News Matters Stockton...

Public Safety Health Animals Agriculture, Food & Gardening

Where Are All the Eggs? Bird Flu’s Spread Not the Only Culprit in Crisis of Global Proportions

01/17/2025
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IF YOU HAVE tried to bake a cake recently, you might have had a hard time finding eggs. The empty shelves are a sign of the devastating impact of avian influenza, H5N1 or HPAI, on commercial poultry flocks in California.

From Local News Matters Stockton...

Public Safety Health Animals County of San Joaquin

San Joaquin County at Center of Bird Flu Crisis With Over 627,800 Egg-Laying Hens Infected

01/01/2025
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AS BIRD FLU takes it toll around the nation, San Joaquin County has jumped to the forefront, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture reporting the virus has spread to 627,800 commercial egg-laying chickens.

From Stocktonia...

Public Safety Health Animals

Bird Flu Infects Over 600,000 Chickens in San Joaquin County

12/31/2024
San Joaquin County is home to one of the largest flocks of chickens infected with H5N1 bird flu according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Read on to learn more.

From CapPublicRadio...

Health Animals

Protect Your Cats from Bird Flu

12/26/2024
Following news of the death of pet cats from eating bird flu infected raw food or raw milk, CapRadio has information about how to protect your feline friends.

From Stocktonia...

Business, Economy & Jobs Health Animals Agriculture, Food & Gardening

Bird Flu Impacts County

12/23/2024
Read on to learn more about the growing impact of H5N1 bird flu on San Joaquin County poultry farmers and the local agriculture sector.

From The Mercury News...

Animals State of California

California Has a Nutria Response Team?

12/23/2024
The invasive South American housecat-sized semi-aquatic rodent is making the Bay Area a new home, and that's a problem. Read on to learn what wildlife officials are doing about it.

From California Healthline...

Public Safety Health Animals Agriculture, Food & Gardening

How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic

12/19/2024
Keith Poulsen's jaw dropped when farmers showed him images on their cellphones at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin in October. A livestock veterinarian at the University of Wisconsin, Poulsen had seen sick cows before, with their noses dripping and udders slack.

From CapPublicRadio...

Public Safety Health Animals State of California

California Declares Bird Flu Emergency

12/18/2024
As the first serious case of bird flu in a human is reported and more dairy herds across the state are infected, California Governor Newsom declared a state of emergency. Read on to learn what that entails.

From CalMatters...

Environment Transportation Water Animals

Unstoppable Invasion: How Did Mussels Sneak Into California, Despite Decades of State Shipping Rules?

11/25/2024
Most ships discharging ballast water into California waters are inspected, but state officials have tested the water of only 16 ships. Experts say invaders like mussels are inevitable under current rules and enforcement.

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