Why do people mess around with these things?
We had a lion kill here (took out a ewe). Everything the enviros say about them is BS. They kill more than one animal, they do not always eat what they kill and never eat in its entirety what they kill, they kill guard animals, and they will come into a barn to get the animals they want. I have had 8 ewes killed in one lion attack. Enviros express surprise when guard dogs and guard animals are killed (llamas and donkeys). A gentleman I do some day work for lost a 450 calf to a lion.
Wake up folks, if it can take a 450 calf, a 300 pound llama,a 150 guard dog, a 200 pound ewe you ain’t diddly to this thing. Relocation is giving your problem to someone else and making it more difficult to remove them later.
Rescue and rehabilitation is idiocy. You may as well have Chuckie Manson as a preschool teacher.
All true on mountain lion behavior. Well said. Sorry about your sheep. Looks like you need to get rid of some predators.
They haven’t bothered much around here, yet, because there aren’t many people or livestock in the area (short season range steers gone before fall at this high elevation). The lions tend to follow antelope, elk, etc., so far, and they don’t know what to make of us. They have been multiplying, though, and the drought is continuing somewhat (fewer ruminants around, makes ‘em hungrier). They tend to be more dangerous in areas with more human population than this (parks and the like).
A pistol is good for anyone very aware, fast and accurate enough with pointing (dark, no time to aim in the event of a lion attack), but carrying a light is very important. If it isn’t possible to have a light while out at night, one should look behind oneself often (seen and noticed by lions).