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A 13-pound fisher, the largest found in Ohio to date, was discovered as roadkill near Kent State University in 2024.

Fishers, members of the weasel family, are making a comeback in Ohio after disappearing nearly 200 years ago.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is studying the fisher population through public reports and roadkill collection.

An animal that vanished from the Buckeye State nearly 200 years ago is making a comeback, and one found as roadkill near Kent in Northeast Ohio last year was the largest "collected in Ohio to date," according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

The fisher, a mammal related to river otters and weasels, was discovered as roadkill in Franklin Township near Kent State University in April 2024, the Beacon Journal re

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