On the wild side

Once nearly extinct, weasel-like fishers thrive in the suburbs, where their ravenous feeding habits threaten family pets

Kim Meikle (top right) of Tyngsborough won't let her son, Cameron, 7, play alone in the yard because fishers (bottom right) are aggressive predators. At left, posters of missing pet cats in Dunstable. Fishers are known to prey on them. (Globe Staff Photos / Tom Landers; 1998 AP Photo (bottom right)) Globe Staff Photos / Tom Landers; 1998 AP Photo (bottom right)

By Keith O'Brien

Globe Correspondent / August 25, 2005

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The screaming starts after nightfall. The first time Kim Meikle heard it, she thought someone was being murdered or tortured outside her two-story Tyngsborough house on the edge of the forest. She's not ashamed to admit she has called the police about it. It scared her that much. (Full article: 1068 words)