Thursday, January 24, 2013
The cat is hard to find – it's shy – but is active at night hunting rabbits, deers and ... cats!
It appears that bobcats have decided to make Belmont Hill home. A Rutledge Road resident spotted its new neighbor on Monday, marking the third time (once on Pleasant Street and another time on the Lexington line along upper Concord Avenue) in the past year the relatively shy animal – it is a cat – has been seen wandering the neighborhood of high-end homes and woodlands. "They're beautiful, beautiful animals. They're gorgeous," said Belmont Animal Control Officer John Maguranis in a Boston Globe story. A North American-relative to the lynx, the bobcat will be a handsome addition to Belmont Hill wildlife scene with its gray-to-brown spotted coat, black-tufted ears, an expressive ruff-filled whiskered face and its distinctive black-tipped "…
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
An innovative interactive mapping page will allow residents to input info, locate where coyotes have been. Animal Control hopes software will be used by residents to learn more about native hunter.
They can run but now it will be a bit more difficult for Belmont's coyote population to hide as the town's animal control officer and IT department have collaborated to develop an innovative on-line coyote tracker for residents' use. Employing software developed by an Arlington software company, residents will soon be able to upload information onto a mapping website that will show where and when a coyotes has been sighted in Belmont. "I think the more people are involved, they can better understand the situation with coyotes," said John Maguranis, Belmont's animal control officer. Currently, residents can only input information on any sightings onto a map or through a drop list of town addresses, said Maguranis. But according to Todd …
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Animal Control
19 Moore St, Belmont, MA
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
With pups in dens, residents should expect more sightings as males are foraging far and wide.
A coyote attacked a dog on Clifton Street during daylight hours last week that left both a dachshund and a young woman going through a series of shots as a precaution to contacting rabies, according to a police report. But suggestions made by the veterinarian for the resident – whose dog was bitten and whose daughter came in contact with the attacker's saliva, according to police – who called the coyote's actions "unusual" and the animal "possibly rabid" was most likely incorrect, according to Belmont's Animal Control Officer. "That is bogus information," said John Maguranis, who works out of the town's Health Department. He said since rabies is a fatal virus, the shots are being given as a "precaution" since the animal has not been …
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179 Clifton St, Belmont, MA
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1 Rockmont Rd, Belmont, MA
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1 Prentiss Ln, Belmont, MA
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Highland Meadow Cemetery
700 Concord Ave, Belmont, MA
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5:59 am on Sunday, January 27, 2013
Memo to Mary T: I am a dog lover. My small dogs have been attacked by unleashed dogs. Unleashed dogs are EVERYWHERE in the open space on the hill. Our beloved ACO is not physically able to venture too far from his van-so you will not see him spending an afternoon on the trails up at the Habitat !! Why do we have an ACO who can not venture into the woods ? A good question. more ›