Posted on 04/24/2015 10:45:13 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Mountain lions have been spotted roaming around, even eating deer, prompting officials to warn people not to approach the wild animals, especially when they are feeding or with their offspring.
On Friday, the San Mateo County Alert System notified residents that a mountain lion was located in a driveway on the 1100 block of Westridge Drive in Portola Valley. Authorities believed the deer was killed by a mountain lion.
Earlier this week, a NBC Bay Area viewer captured a mountain lion eating a deer in Soquel on April 18, near the Santa Cruz mountains.
Authorities offer a few tips on mountain lion sightings:
Avoid hiking or jogging when mountain lions are most active—dawn, dusk, and at night.
Keep a close watch on small children.
If you encounter a mountain lion, do not run; instead, face the animal, make noise and try to look bigger by waving your arms; throw rocks or other objects.
Pick up small children.
For more information about mountain lions click here www.keepmewild.org
Cool photo!
Cool picture, but why no mention of using side arm to defend oneself. Screw rocks, sling lead!
It’s getting to the point that because mountain lions are a protected species we may start seeing them on the American River Parkway in Sacramento, CA very soon (the American River Parkway has a number of coyote sightings in recent years).
“It’s the Circle of Life.....”
Question: What do we do with the small children after we pick them up?
Do we toss them at the mountain lion as a diversionary tactic?
Do we use them as little shields to protect ourselves in the event the mountain lion attacks us?
I’m not at all clear on the protocol in a situation like this...
This is the heart of liberal California. Guns are considered icky, especially by law enforcement.
Oh, Deer.
When you feed your "pet" deer, you're just setting the buffet table.
Deer use side arms?
I just looked this up, and noticed that it's a stone's throw from the Alpine Inn (an old haunt of mine).
The protocol is:
Do not run, back away, or crouch down.
Try to look as big as possible and raise your hands up and make a lot of noise.
My wife was a resident doing a rotation in the emergency room the last time someone, a female jogger I believe, was attacked by a mountain lion hereabouts. They attack you from behind. You usually don’t see them coming. They slam into you with such force your internal organs are ripped from their moorings and your spinal column breaks in several places. Imagine a 140-pound bean bag with teeth, claws and muscles, and bad intentions, hit you from behind at 40 mph when you least expected it. My wife said the X-rays looked like someone had put this woman’s internal organs in a box and shaken them up.
Why are Mountain Lions enjoying fresh venison when millions and millions of school children are subsisting on horrible school lunches. I think we should all ask our Dear Leader’s Dearest One, the Mochelle, to force these Lions to eat nutritionall balance slime like school children have to. It’s just not fair.
Yes.
But what about the small child I’ve picked up?
They recommend that I pick up a small child, but then do not tell I’m supposed to DO with it...
;-)
Keep it away from the lion.
WARNING
Due to the frequency of human-bear encounters, the B.C. Fish and Wildlife Branch is advising hikers, hunters, fishermen and any persons that use the out-of-doors in a recreational or work-related function to take extra precautions when in the field.
We advise outdoorsmen to wear little noisy bells on clothing so as to give advance warning to bears that might be close by so that you do not take them by surprise.
We also advise anyone using the out-of-doors to carry “Pepper Spray” with him in case of an encounter with a bear.
Outdoorsmen should also be on the watch for fresh signs of bear activity, and be able to tell the difference between black bear feces and grizzly bear feces. Black bear feces is smaller and contains lots of berries and squirrel fur. Grizzly bear sh1t has bells in it and smells like pepper.
Oh!
So it’s NOT to be used as a shield.
Okay.
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