Ms. Kathy has sent you the following story:
Posted on Wednesday, Apr. 22, 2009
Squirrels in Key Largo suffer from
tumors, blindness
tumors, blindness
By KEVIN WADLOW
Squirrels in Key Largo have been stricken by a virulent
disease that causes grotesque tumors and often blindness.
disease that causes grotesque tumors and often blindness.
The disease -- squirrel pox -- occurs nationwide in squirrel
populations but has never been reported previously in the
Florida Keys, said local wildlife experts.
''We started getting a lot of calls in late January, mostly
from the area between [mile markers] 101 and 103,'' said
Marsha Garrettson, manager of the Key Largo Animal
Shelter run by the Humane Animal Care Coalition.
