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  • Cougars encroach on Colorado's urban areas

    03/24/2007 6:34:31 PM PDT · by george76 · 72 replies · 1,193+ views
    KWGN ^ | March 22, 2007 | Jann Tracey
    As mountain lions move closer to urban areas, the Colorado Division of Wildlife is proposing a pilot project to teach the cougars a lesson about humans and habitat: the DOW recommends using hazing techniques to lower the animals comfort level around people. If approved, the Front Range Cougar Pilot Project would be implemented in two phases in Boulder and Jefferson Counties. First, wildlife officials would trap six cougars in the corridor between Lyons and Interstate 70. Those cougars would be collared with GPS tracking devices. The movement of the mountain lion would be recorded eight times a day. The second...