Bear affliction spreads
Feb 28, 2019
4 minutes
By Mike Lynch
Adirondack guide Joan Collins was driving on the state highway through Newcomb a couple of years ago when she noticed a black bear crossing the road. “It had patches of hair that were just hanging (off of it),” she recalled.
A naturalist, Collins said the bear appeared to have mange, a skin disease that is caused by microscopic mites that dig into the skin and lay eggs—and that appears to be on the rise in the Northeast.
Collins said she’s seen a few cases of mange in recent years after never seeing it before
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