San Joaquin County Animals Digest

An update on the endangered condors released in California three years ago.

A huge algae bloom is responsible for the deaths of sea lions, pelicans and whales off the California coast.

A look at plans to fund the expansion of the animal shelter in Manteca.

While it’s an unprecedented third year in a row for no commercially caught salmon, brief windows will be allowed for sportsfishing in California.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Learn how health officials and California dairies are responding, or not, to the explosive spread of bird flu through dairy herds across the state.

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.

Bird flu has been detected in chickens at a San Joaquin County farm. Read on to learn more about where and about this highly pathogenic virus.

Bird flu has been spreading among dairy workers in California’s Central Valley, jumping from cows to people. A new suspected case in the Bay Area came from an unknown source.

The invasive Aedes aegypti mosquitos have been detected in more areas of Santa Clara County, prompting officials to hold meetings to discuss their response to the threat posed by the species. 

The dangerous invasive Golden Mussel has been found in the Port of Stockton, stoking fears of it spreading into the Delta.

Sixty years ago, I was a reporter for the Klamath Falls (Oregon) Herald and News and with my family lived in a small house on the Link River, which flows out of Upper Klamath Lake, draining a large portion of the Cascade mountain range.

Low counts of spawning salmon could mean another year without fishing. Experts say the outlook still has time to turn around.

A strain of bird flu that imperiled California poultry and cattle has jumped to people. In humans, the symptoms are mild and the virus has not been transmitted among people.

The large aquatic rodents have spread further into the Delta, spreading destruction as they go.

Growers support a federal and state proposal for operating California’s massive systems that send river water south. But it could harm more salmon and other endangered fish.

As the number of people infected with mosquito borne diseases increases, the San Joaquin County Mosquito Control and Vector District broke ground on a research and surveillance facility on October 15.