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Churchill said. “We wanted to give him a spanking and move him out of town.”
A story about cougars with a line about spanking and no comments yet. *sigh*
Thank God they didn’t kill it for once!
When I lived near Evergreen, my preferred method would have involved Mr. Mossberg.
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Hey, mountain lions have to eat too!
As a side benefit, there's one less cat some irresponsible owner left running loose.
‘to better understand cougar movement trends and develop a way to mitigate aggressive behavior ‘
In my experience they tend to congregate at piano bars and after they have captured prey drag it back to a gated community. The only way to mitigate their aggressive behavior is to act gay but sometimes even that dosen’t work.
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Game wardens are getting to be just like doctors.
Oh.
Goody.
Another cat, not afraid of humans, set loose on a different neighborhood.
Even if they put it way in the wilds, what if some hiker comes upon it (or vice versa)?
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
I live a few miles from where this incident occurred, but in a more rural situation. Boulder and myself are located at the very eastern edge of the start of the Rocky Mountains, so interaction between humans and wildlife is ongoing and not the least bit unusual. These kinds of mountain lion and bear escapades are so frequent, that their reports are considered to be “on the lighter side”. Better even than fires and shootings as far as the local TV stations are concerned.
In my own neighborhood, we have at least one bear that shows up every autumn to feast in the apple trees on my street. In fact, we now have a nationally famous cow that just chased an apple-eating bear out of her back yard last August. The cow is named “Apple” because she loves to eat apples, and the bear was dining in her favorite apple tree. Just last week, three Chihuahuas cornered a lion in a garage a few miles away and DOW had to be called to rescue the lion and move it back into the wild.
A few years ago, I raised my bedroom blinds and a massive cow elk was staring into my window. The bad thing was she was wrecking my landscaping and I would charge her with my car to try to run her off, but she would just STEP over my back fence and then come back when I parked the car.
Yes, we do lose a few pets to lions, but we also lose even more to foxes and coyotes, which are even more numerous. The lesson here is that the pet owners are the ones at fault for not taking proper care of their pets. I never let my kitties out at night, and I closely supervise any brief daytime outdoor visits, as two rabid bats have been detected across the street during the last 3 years, and a skunk with distemper had to be shot next door by a Boulder County Sheriffs Deputy a few years ago.
In general, lions and bears are not a threat to us. There's been only two fatal attacks by lions in Colorado since I moved here in 1975. Both occurred in the mountains (not here on the plains) when people were unknowingly attacked from behind while walking ALONE on trails.
Most encounters are brief and the animal quickly moves along. Relocations occur only if the animal gets cornered or confused and can't find their way home. DOW is called and they inspect, tag, and relocate the animal. BTW, there's a 3-strikes rules, and the third time an animal has to relocated, it is considered incorrigible and is automatically killed.
Oh, and with such abundant wildlife, hunting is a big-bucks industry in Colorado and we have a very welcoming environment for out-of-state hunters. DOW also manages all aspects of licensed hunting in Colorado and they happen to be one of the better-managed parts of our state government. DOW is a very hunter-friendly organization, and they do a great job in managing all the various aspects of wildlife in Colorado.
And no, I don't work for DOW or have any relatives that do.
I just don't like to see ignorant comments about where I live.
1998
28 April. Andy Peterson, 24, an experienced hiker from Littleton, was attacked in Roxborough State Park, Colorado, while hiking alone in the 3,000 acre park on the Carpenter Peak trail about 2 to 3 miles west of the visitor center.
The hiker came upon the lion... A 30 minute standoff ended when the lion attacked as the hiker attempted to “retreat up the trail”. The lion retreated after it was stabbed once with the 3” blade of a Swiss army knife, attacked again, and then left after the hiker “jabbed his thumb in the lion’s eye”. The hiker received deep cuts to his head and face, and was hospitalized .
(Denver Post, 5/1/98, B-01; 5/6/98, B-03)