Posted in California, Education, Illinois on Sep 3rd, 2010
At Daniel Levin Becker’s blog, you’ll find a collection of 20 songs in honor of the cougar killed in metropolitan Berkeley, California, on August 31st. You can dowload most of them.
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2010/09/the_lion_sleeps_tonight_a_trib.php
The Berkeley Police Department shot and killed an errant mountain lion early yesterday morning. In the minor controversy that has ensued over whether they should have [...]
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This type of training is also needed to prevent the unnecessary killing of the few cougars that are turning up in the Midwest.
http://www.mountainlion.org/newsroom.asp
Mountain Lion Presentation Offered to Law Enforcement Officers
After public outcry over the recent shooting of a mountain lion in San Luis Obispo by police officers, the Mountain Lion Foundation and Animal Rescue Team Inc have [...]
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Studies like this give us hope that cougars that are naturally restored or reintroduced to the Midwest and East will be able survive and thrive.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jun/26/tracking-a-big-cat-researchers-follow-tagged/
San Diego Union-Tribune
Tracking a big cat
Researchers follow tagged mountain lion’s extensive travels and learn about hidden Southern California wildlife
By Mike Lee, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Click for larger version of map
MOUNTAIN LIONS
• Also [...]
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Posted in California, Control, Monitoring on Jun 17th, 2010
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15244462?nclick_check=1
MercuryNews.com – Silicon Valley
Gilroy: Mountain lion spotted, diverted to open field with pepper balls
By Lisa Fernandez
A few Gilroy residents awoke today to spot a young mountain lion roaming through their neighborhoods, and when police finally caught up to the wild animal, they lured it safely away to an open field.
Gilroy police Sgt. Jim Gillio said [...]
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Posted in California, Co-existence, Education on Apr 7th, 2010
Many people believe that cougars need vast acreages of wilderness to survive. Here is another recent article that indicates that assumption is not true. They are living with people in the Boulder-Denver area of Colorado, the Santa Monica Mountains just north of Los Angeles, and with 7 million people in the San Francisco Bay Area. [...]
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http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_14819737
Daily News – Los Angeles
By Troy Anderson, Staff Writer
In a tale worthy of Greek tragedy, the lion king of the Santa Monica Mountains a few years ago murdered his lioness and two of his offspring.
Yet the fierce P-1, as scientists call him, has never attacked people or pets.
Such is the mystery and contradiction of one [...]
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Posted in California, DNA, Monitoring on Aug 19th, 2009
The female, found recently in the Santa Monica Mountains, could be descended from the habitat’s lion king. If so, researchers say, that could prove the ecosystem is viable for mountain cats.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mountain-lion18-2009aug18,0,3726475.story
A recently discovered female cougar could be a princess.
The cougar, a mountain lion named Puma 13, or P-13 for short, may be a descendant [...]
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Posted in California on Jul 31st, 2009
http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews/ci_12950825
The Oakland [CA] Tribune
Big feline triggers mountain lion scare
By Eric Kurhi Oakland Tribune
07/30/2009
HAYWARD — Prowling an overgrown creek bed between two mobile home parks, Hayward’s most wanted feline caused quite a commotion Wednesday afternoon.
More than a half-dozen officers combed the area off Industrial Parkway near Interstate 880, with chopper backup providing eyes in the sky. [...]
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