{"id":706398,"date":"2026-06-16T00:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T00:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/706398\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T00:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T00:00:10","slug":"officials-urge-caution-as-invasive-armadillos-move-into-western-nc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/706398\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials urge caution as invasive armadillos move into western NC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) \u2014 An animal more commonly found in the South-Central U.S. is making its way into western North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Armadillos are beginning to show up more frequently, according to the N.C. Cooperative Extension Office in Henderson County.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/armadillo-north-carolina-sighting-report-range-expansion-north-wildlife-resources-commission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IF YOU SEE AN ARMADILLO IN NORTH CAROLINA, WILDLIFE OFFICIALS WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re considered an exotic invasive species and can cause damage to yards, buildings, and even forest ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/as-tick-bites-surge-nationwide-veterinarians-say-most-cases-start-with-pets-asheville-western-north-carolina-dogs-cats-check-borne-illnesses-lyme-disease-veg-er\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AS TICK BITES SURGE NATIONWIDE, VETERINARIANS SAY MOST CASES START WITH PETS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trapping is considered the simplest way to remove armadillos; they can also be hunted with a permit.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>JOIN THE CONVERSATION (3)<\/p>\n<p>Officials advise people to keep their distance if they encounter an armadillo in the wild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) \u2014 An animal more commonly found in the South-Central U.S. is making its way&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-706398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}