[yes, I know the photo is bogus]
Posted on 11/09/2008 9:30:17 AM PST by george76
Early last week a mountain lion snatched a family’s dog from their yard and killed it...in the Village of Oak Creek.
The dog, approximately 12 pounds, was in the yard with the family’s other two dogs when the mountain lion attacked...
Arizona Game and Fish Spokesman Zenon Mocarski said a game warden was called to the scene and determined the attacking animal was in fact a mountain lion.
“It’s pretty easy to distinguish between a mountain lion and a coyote,” ... Since the attack... neighbor came over and told her to keep her children inside because the mountain lion was spotted in a yard a few doors down.
Hayden said she and her family love the wildlife; she’s simply concerned about the safety of the many children who play in the neighborhood.
“It’s always been considered a safe place,” ...
The mountain lion also seems to be unafraid of humans...
“It’s a magnificent animal but it’s hitting a little too close to home,”
(Excerpt) Read more at redrocknews.com ...
“It’s pretty easy to distinguish between a mountain lion and a coyote,”
I've always thought so too.
Hippy dippy morons have ruined Sedona
A mountain lion is a cougar, not a “lion”.
Prices weren’t too bad a dozen years ago. I think it is out of my range now based upon my visit a few months ago, but who knows what I could find in the sale bin.
I couldn’t handle all the hippies! and enviro rules.
[yes, I know the photo is bogus]
Healing crystals and overpriced real estate -- that, sadly, is Sedona in a nutshell.
I prefer Cottonwood.
Ecology Lesson 1 for Arizona for life under a liberal administration. Future lessons to arrive later.
You get fined $500 for walking off the trail. Sheesh
Then you get to the top and some idiot is up there chanting in a pyramid. Sheesh
Got that right. When the cougar comes in a back yard to snatch a pet it's time to dispatch the cougar, it's lost or never had a fear of man. Fish and Game parse words but if that same cougar snatches a child it'll be because of their inaction.
Thanks for the ping, George.
Yes, lots of cougar activity lately.
Bitterroot bowhunter shoots mountain lion stalking his friend
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/11/08/bnews/br56.txt
Mont. kills about a dozen problem cougars since June
www.outdoorpressroom.com
Forgot to ping you to post # 13.
Just a snack. Bet it’s still hungry. Maybe it was a yapping poodle! :)
Apparently, they've colonized the area, which is absolutely remarkable. Check out the range map for this species. They are a southern Arizona animal and shouldn't be anywhere near Lake Mead. Quite a treat for me.
What's next? Jaguar? Ocelot?
Oh, don’t say that!
That is my favorite series of photographs! (Well, except for the photographs of that Mississippi barge pusher boat being rolled sidesways and shoved under the highway draw bridge - only to emerge intact and still running on the other side.)
Got a link were I can read about the fake mountain lion-killing mule?
Are you sure about that? I remember the thread right here on FR that had this photo, and 4 or 5 others.
I know that llamas will kill coyotes, wolfs, and dogs, and have seen them do so.
Mark
Follow the link in post #18 ... if you were lead to believe that the mule killed the cougar, well...it ain’t so....or at least according to Snopes. ;)
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