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Close Encounter With Javelina Leads to Lesson on Wildlife
KVOA ^ | 3/11 | Sean Mooney

Posted on 03/17/2015 3:30:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A big part of living in the southwest is the area's wildlife, but coexisting with Arizona's critters can be a little too "wild". Among them, many Tucsonans have close encounters with javelina.

Karen Lansdale, who lives in the Tucson Foothills, was out for her daily walk with her dog Sonny, when she crossed paths with two very large javelina.

"I noticed off in the distance two javelina," said Lansdale. "The next thing i knew they were bounding towards me."

Not knowing what else to do, Lansdale said she then ran. When the javelina got on each side of her, she reverted to the only defense she had left.

"I just started screaming murder, complete crazy," she said. "I couldn't believe it was coming out my mouth and it seemed like five minutes, but it was probably more like 45 seconds, and they retreated and off they went."

Lisa Bates is the founder of the Tucson Wildlife Center, she said the javelina or the peccary are not out wandering the desert looking for a fight.

"The javelina and the desert are very misunderstood, they're just like the domestic pigs," said Bates."They're very smart; smarter than dogs."

They also don't like dogs, more specifically coyotes, that often prey on their babies. That is usually the reason people find out what an angry javelina is capable of.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department agrees that screaming as well as any loud noise can persuade javelina to move on. Besides a contempt for dogs, they will protect their young to the death. Never feed them, and that includes never leaving your garbage cans where they can get to them.

Lisa Bates, who has committed her life to rescuing and rehabilitating wildlife, said we all share the desert and the javelina is just one of our incredible neighbors.

"They're just amazing animals, you see them fighting, you see them nurturing and you see them protecting."

Bates adds that anyone who encounters an orphaned or injured javelina, or any wild animal should call the Tucson Wildlife Center first, at (520) 290-9453, or go to their website at http://www.tucsonwildlife.com/.


TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: javelina
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To: dware

My thinking is a dead one is a good one. No eatin’ they come after my dog...them is dead. :)


21 posted on 03/17/2015 3:52:02 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: altsehastiin

Pray to God you’re never hungry enough to need to eat one. :D


22 posted on 03/17/2015 3:55:17 PM PDT by Oberon (John 12:5-6)
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To: nickcarraway

Aww, Javelina ain’t so bad.

If it’s just one....

I’ve had friends treed by a pack of them.


23 posted on 03/17/2015 3:57:58 PM PDT by Regulator
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To: nickcarraway

Used to hunt Javelina with a black powder rifle in South Texas.
But, I also carried a Glock 19 in case some of their pack buddies objected.


24 posted on 03/17/2015 3:58:23 PM PDT by Sasparilla (If you want peace, prepare for war.)
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To: Leo Carpathian; Lurker

They taste like BACON.


25 posted on 03/17/2015 3:59:54 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Oberon

Out of curiosity, have you in fact partaken? These critters apparently don’t grow very big (<100 lbs), so in theory, the flesh shouldn’t be all that tough, from carrying around the weight of a full-sized pig.


26 posted on 03/17/2015 4:02:46 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: nickcarraway
Them razorbacks make such a mean drunk…


27 posted on 03/17/2015 4:07:36 PM PDT by moehoward
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To: Lurker

It’s been awhile since I’ve hunted them, but if you like venison or other game, they taste just fine.


28 posted on 03/17/2015 4:12:22 PM PDT by Joe Miner
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To: Zhang Fei

I have only heard about them; from what I’ve heard, the young ones really aren’t bad at all.


29 posted on 03/17/2015 4:16:14 PM PDT by Oberon (John 12:5-6)
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To: Oberon

Beware, they have very, very sharp teeth.

(And know how to use them.)

(”Javelina” supposedly derives from “javelin”,
to indicate the type of sharp front teeth they have.)


30 posted on 03/17/2015 4:21:12 PM PDT by CondorFlight (I)
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To: nickcarraway

>> Lisa Bates, who has committed her life to rescuing and rehabilitating wildlife, said we all share the desert and the javelina is just one of our incredible neighbors.

“All we are say-ing
is give peace a chance.”

My biggest problem as a geezer is that I have to share my remaining days on earth with the likes of her...


31 posted on 03/17/2015 4:24:45 PM PDT by QBFimi (/...o.o/.o...ooo/...o.o...o/ooo/...o.o/.o/ooo.//o..o./. o.)
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To: CondorFlight

It’s recommended that you kill them prior to eating them.


32 posted on 03/17/2015 4:24:45 PM PDT by Oberon (John 12:5-6)
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To: nickcarraway

“You see them nurturing”

They want their piglets to have high self esteem.


33 posted on 03/17/2015 4:56:14 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: blueunicorn6

Javelina piglets must make for great roast suckling pig.


34 posted on 03/17/2015 5:22:27 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("I am a radicalized infidel. My bullets are dipped in pig grease.")
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To: elcid1970

A million coyotes can’t be wrong.


35 posted on 03/17/2015 5:26:57 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: QBFimi

Did she say incredible neighbors or inedible neighbors?


36 posted on 03/17/2015 5:32:08 PM PDT by freefdny
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To: Lurker

just like the domestic pigs

Yes, and if you let a domestic pig go it goes wild in a matter of weeks, as soon as it learns it doesn’t need people for food. Once that happens people are an enemy to be killed whenever possible.


37 posted on 03/17/2015 5:43:06 PM PDT by logic101.net (If libs believe in Darwin and natural selection why do they get hacked off when it happens?)
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To: altsehastiin

alts...Almost the same recipe for carp. HA HA HA HA!


38 posted on 03/17/2015 5:51:56 PM PDT by willibeaux (de ole Korean War vet age 85)
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To: nickcarraway

Safety off, breathe, fire. :-)


39 posted on 03/17/2015 7:49:48 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: logic101.net

my daddy, being an old farm boy (born 1901) said “if your drunk , stay away from the pig sty.” If you fall in they will have you eaten before noon the next day. They will eat anything....including you...


40 posted on 03/17/2015 11:46:21 PM PDT by goat granny
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