MAINE PUBLIC • February 7, 2020
In response to multiple attacks by foxes over the past several months, the city of Bath is planning to trap and euthanize wild animals over a 10-day period. City Manager Peter Owen says the plan, proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, involves euthanizing animals regardless of whether or not they show signs of rabies. "My reaction to it was, 'What, are you kidding, really?' But the idea of capturing animals and then having to keep them separated, and who's going to handle them, where would you do that housing and for how long?" he says. Owen says it's extreme, but the small midcoast city is in an extreme situation.