The Blue Ridge Wildlife Center (BRWC) is working to prevent the needless loss of life through education.

A well intentioned homeowner found a young Red Fox Kit who they believed needed assistance and took it to work with them.

The person found the Kit at their home but needing to report to work took the animal with them where co-workers and others handled it.

A Frederick County Animal Control Officer was called to take the animal.

It was apparent to the Officer that there was a potential rabies exposure and as is the law reported it to the Health Department.

To protect those who handled the animal the Health Department had no choice but to euthanasia the animal.

Examinations for rabies has to be done by looking at the animal’s brain stem which means the animal has to be euthanized.

Where the results of the rabies test are not yet available the action had to be taken for protection of those involved.

The BRWC would like to remind the public that it is always recommended that you call a professional wildlife handler first and not to even touch a wild animal even if you might think it needs assistance.

Call your local animal control office which is a division of your local Law Enforcement Office to ensure the animal is cared for properly and prevent this heartbreaking loss of life.

For a look at this beautiful young animal click here but be aware in this writer’s opinion it is hard to look at knowing what happened to this little one.

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Following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank U.S. Senator Mark Warner announced that he has co-sponsored legislation to ensure executives of failed banks be held accountable for mismanagement.

Warner a member of the Senate Banking Committee, and the FDIC will act to ensure workers and small businesses will not have to pay the price for banking mismanagement.

In the Silicon Valley banking incident the bank’s CEO Greg Becker sold a reported $3.6 million in Bank stock.

Becker potentially profited off the impending demise of the bank he managed.

At the same time bank employees received bonuses just hours before the government stepped in to close the operation.

The bill that Warner is co-sponsoring will allow the Treasury Department to claw back bonuses and stock profits.

This will ensure that they are held financially responsible and their actions will not burden the consumer or taxpayer.

The Deposit Act will recoup bonuses and profits from stock sales within 60 days of a bank failure.

The bill will impose a 90 percent tax on bonuses of bank executives who make an annual income over $250,000 during the year the bank goes under FDIC acquisition.

This bill will require bank executives forfeit 100 percent of profits they make from recent bank stock trades.

Finally, the bill will direct recouped funds to the FDIC insurance fund so that it can return funds to depositors, workers and small businesses impacted by the failure.

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Governor Glenn Youngkin announced the general fund revenue collections for February 2023 were 1.2 percent higher in the first eight months of Fiscal Year 2023.

Unadjusted general fund revenues are ahead of forecast by over $111 million year to date.

If current trends continue the state is expecting a multi billion dollar surplus.

The Governor stated that Virginians continue to be overtaxed despite the state having abundant resources to lower costs and cut taxes.

At the same time the surplus enables Virginia to strengthen communities in various ways across Virginia.

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