That place was lovely.
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/.
That one’s almost big enough to think the same of you.
lol, YUM!
Have you read the book “Unintended Consequences”?
That how the protagonist got rid of some FBI corpses.
A must read book during the Clinton Admin...even moreso during the Obama years.
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There was a cold case that was solved by an informant. A group had killed two hunters and fed them to pigs. I think it was in Minnesota.
there was also a case in Canada, I don’t remember how many they fed to the pigs, but it was a lot....Criminal Minds did a show on it a while back...my dad being an old farm boy, born in 1901 use to say if your drunk stay away from the pigs, they will eat you before morning...
That place was lovely.
That happened to an old neighbor when I was a teen. He had no car so my mother would pick him once a week to take him grocery shopping. One day she pulled into the drive to honk the horn,as usual, and wait for him to shuffle out the door. This day, there was no appearance by him. She came home, got the spare key and dad and I went along. Back door was open, but no Sam. As I went out the back door, I pointed out the slop bucket was missing. We went to the barn expecting to find him dead on floor of the barn. We found him, laying in the hog pen. Not a pretty sight.
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