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Numbers (and more) show fishers climbing

Photographer Daniel Keefe captured this fisher outside a Durham, N.H., home in 2003. It was attracted to a suet cage. Photographer Daniel Keefe captured this fisher outside a Durham, N.H., home in 2003. It was attracted to a suet cage. (Daniel M. Keefe)
By James O'Brien
Globe Correspondent / October 16, 2008

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The fishers are coming - or so they say. Earlier this year, an increase in sightings of the elusive animal in this area - including at least two reported attacks in Lexington - prompted wildlife officials to urge pet owners not to let their dogs and cats run free. (Full article: 992 words)

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