Posted on 02/12/2019 8:56:39 AM PST by jazusamo
A California family's decision to shoot and kill a hungry mountain lion during the animal's attempt to feast on its third sheep over three consecutive nights is being fiercely debated by locals, as some argue killing the big cat wasn't necessary.
Alejandra Calderon, of Napa, estimated the mountain lion was only about 20 feet from their home when her husband — a hunter — delivered the fatal blow on Saturday. The young mountain lion was being tracked by Audubon Canyon Ranch, a non-profit conservation and research group based in Stinson Beach, at the time.
“As a parent, I hope that they understand how scared we were in the moment,” Calderon told The Press Democrat. “It was a scary experience.”
But Audubon Canyon Ranch, which just started following the mountain lion with a special collar last week, has encouraged landowners to call their Living with Lions research team to capture and remove any wild animals that attack livestock.
"In another win for wildlife, last night a very caring and involved landowner chose to call our Living with Lions team to capture and collar a mountain lion who killed her goat," the organization wrote, in part, on Facebook last week. "This landowner joins two others in the past month who did the right thing when faced with a pet livestock loss: they recognized that killing the lion via a depredation permit would do no good and that by opting to GPS-track these lions, our entire North Bay community will be able to learn so much more about coexisting with wildlife."
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Go ahead. I don’t care. I’d shoot the thing too. Your idea won’t work. There are so many cameras now, it wouldn’t be that hard to find the vehicle and disprove your assertion of poachers. The data will reveal the thing stopped at your place and left at a high, sustained rate of speed, at least for a cat. Have at it. Good luck.
I might be tempted to walk the collar all over God’s creation before disposing of it. Still, they could follow the trail and the lack of cat prints or other signs would sink me. Maybe trap a deer and put it on it but that’s another violation. Stray dog might work. for while.
I don’t hate that at all, to the contrary I find that I like you most of the time.
Kindest regards,
Megan
Sounds very much like a bounty is needed to severely reduce the number of these vermin, just like their western cousins.
“I don’t hate that at all, to the contrary I find that I like you most of the time.”
Have you seen a doctor about that? ;)
I’m glad she didn’t dilly DALLy getting back into the car. :)
Or maybe a Detroit Lion.
Special collars for tracking seem to work as well as ankle bracelets tracking criminals
Lol... Nope, she sure didn’t.
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