Animal Reports: Urban Fox Activity and Muskrat Love

Urban Fox Activity

A Cross Hill Road woman reported finding a dead animal carcass on the deck in back of her home Tuesday morning. Monroe Animal Control determined it was a duck.

Animal Control Officer Ed Risko said, "Based on the feeding pattern and scat found, it's believed that a fox had been eating the duck during the night in the privacy of its own backyard deck — leaving the carcass to the homeowner. It's normal urban fox activity."

Muskrat Love

A muskrat was killed when it was struck by a motor vehicle on Fan Hill Road Feb. 23. Monroe Animal Control Officer Ed Risko says drivers should be more careful at this time of year, because it's mating season.

Muskrats are traveling from waterway to waterway and crossing roadways in search of mates, according to Risko.

No Rabies Threat

A dead skunk was found in a yard on Webb Circle Tuesday afternoon. Monroe Animal Control's investigation determined that no family member or pet had exposure to the animal.

Whenever a dead animal is found in a yard, Risko said rabies is a chief concern.

Raccoon Hit by Vehicle

A raccoon died after it was hit by a motor vehicle on Main Street on Feb. 23, according to a report to Monroe Animal Control at 8:39 that morning.

Dog Reports

A German Shepherd was found in the roadway on Hawthorne Drive late Tuesday morning, but it returned to its home on the same street after a roaming complaint had been made.

The owner was issued a complaint advisory notice for a roaming dog.

A stray black and white mixed breed dog was found in a neighbor's backyard and returned to its Pepper Street home Monday afternoon. The owner was given a verbal warning for a roaming dog violation and was made aware of an electric fence failure.

The dog was validly licensed and vaccinated.

Two people returned a stray dog to its owner on Fan Hill Road Monday afternoon and the owner was issued a complaint advisory notice for a roaming dog violation and a written warning for failure to license.

Animal control determined that the dog was validly vaccinated for rabies.

A Diane Drive resident was given a written warning for a dog roaming violation and for failure to license after her black labrador retriever had gotten loose.

A Rolling Ridge Road resident was given a verbal warning for roaming and paid a $15 fee to pick her dog up from impound after it was brought there on Feb. 24.

A woman complained about a roaming dog coming from a property on Teller Road in Trumbull on Feb. 23. She told animal control that on several occasions the dog was loose in the roadway and she had brought it home.

Trumbull Animal Control was notified of the complaint.