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From: Melanie Smith
City:
Warrenville, IL
I live near Fermi Lab in Batavia. I saw an animal while walking my dog. It was the color of a possum. Had the legs shaped and walked like a beagle.It was the size of a beagle. It had a squished up nose like a pug dog and a very little tail. It had ears like a possum. It approached my barking dog and myself but it was shivering and appeared ill. I didn't know how to help it while keeping my dog away from it. I can't find any animal pictures that look like this animal. Any ideas?

 
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From: Laura Kammin
Visiting Extension Specialist, Pollution Prevention
Extension-Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program
lkammin@illinois.edu
You are sure that it was not a dog? The description doesn't fit with the native wildlife we have in Illinois.

 
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