The fisher cat, or fisher, is an elusive carnivorous mammal, which is not a cat and isn't particularly fond of fish. Populations thinned by trapping and deforestation have been bolstered in the U ...

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A fisher cat, an animal with long teeth and a sleek fur coat, is being blamed for the deaths of family pets in Brevard County. The traps are baited with fish, but trapper James Dean is not sure ...

McGilvray said that according to MassWildlife’s hunting guidelines, fisher cats can be hunted Nov. 2 to 22 and can be killed either by a gun or caught in cage or box traps.

Logging and trapping drove the small forest mammal, also known as the fisher cat, to a "threatened" status on the endangered species list. Illegal pot farms might be poisoning it, too.

There is still a heavily-regulated trapping season each year, according to Vermont Fish & Wildlife, from Dec. 1 through 31. Some pet owners are most concerned for their cats as fisher will ...

Like the big neighborhood bully, the Fisher Cat does not have any natural enemies, ... My friend Lisa Newmum is a volunteer for Project Spay and Feral TNR, which is an acronym for trap, ...

Fisher pelts were very valuable when European colonists arrived in America. In Massachusetts, hunters can trap fishers during the November furbearer trapping season. Local News Headlines ...

A 12-year-old boy is recovering after an attack by what is believed to be a fisher cat, according to Rehoboth police.The incident happened on Winthrop Street in Rehoboth at about 9 p.m. Monday ...