For places to see a mountain lion, the area near 9th and Myrtle in Boise would be the last place I would expect. More than likely this is a young male cat looking for a territory and it probably won’t live too long unless it leaves soon.
The bobcat, however, seems likely to be the […]
Continue Reading →The cougar was accidentally tracked as it made its way from the Black Hills through mid-West and Canada to end up under the wheels of an SUV in Connecticut-
Connecticut Mountain Lion Traveled from South Dakota. The cougar’s 1,100-mile journey is the longest ever recorded. By Michael […]
Continue Reading →Oregon legislature fails to resurrect hunting practice banned by Oregon voters in 1994-
Cougar hunting bill dies in Senate committee. Ashland Daily Tidings.
Cougar hunting interests say they will try again in 2012.
Continue Reading →A fine editorial as cougar increasingly reinhabit the Cornhusker state-
Wild, rare and beautiful. Editorial in the Lincoln (NB) Journal-Star
Continue Reading →Cougar wanders through ag country and is illegally shot-
Fish and Game looking for culprit who shot lion. Rexburg Standard Journal. By Joyce Edlefsen.
Continue Reading →A followup article to the one about the Eastern cougar declared extinct-
Call of the cougar long gone from the East. Big cats extinct despite reports of sightings, federal officials say. By Brian Nearing. Times Union Staff Writer, OR not
Continue Reading →Unusual proximity of so many mountain lions probably possible because of familial relationships-
Several factors probably explain how 8 cougars, very territorial animals, came together to feed on a dead cow on a cliff near Soap Lake, Washington. The first is that it is winter. Prey are concentrated into a small area and in this […]
Continue Reading →George Wuerthner questions whether hunting predators solves human conflicts with them-
Wuerthner argues that a lot of the arguments in favor of hunting predators fail to take into account the contradictory effects of sport hunting them, such as fewer wolves than before the hunt but distributed in more (but smaller) wolf packs might kill more […]
Continue Reading →This cougar was the fifth plague victim in recent years in the Greater Yellowstone-
Well-known female cougar dies from plague. Carcass found in Grand Teton National Park. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole News and Guide.
The plague is generally carried by rodents. I wonder how common it is among the rodents of the Greater […]
Continue Reading →Another cougar attacks and kills llamas-
And Idaho Fish and Game doesn’t seem to need a better count of cougars or locations like they do wolves (not that I really want them collaring cougars too).
Mountain lions on the prowl. Feline killed in Alta, man jumped by cat near Jackpine Loop. Published: […]
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