srripped mullberry tree

[big Gee]

the bark on our fruitless mullberry tree is being stripped in sections about 8 to 12 inches long. going completely around limb and the leaves are falling and limb seems to be dead. what could possibly be wrong with the tree? a bug or disease?

 

[Ekka]

Hmmm, Has this question popped up elsewhere?

I'm guessing a deer. Kangaroos eat grass.

 

[Elmore]

Mutant Kangaroo???

It could be a mutant Kangaroo...that doesn't like trash trees.

 

[Canyon Angler]

I've seen squirrels strip bark from cedar (I think) trees to build nests...any chance of that?