An independent study by the Cougar Network has determined that it is unlikely that a cougar was responsible for the livestock depredations in Juneau County.
Use the link below to see 6 photos and a map.
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/environment/article_6c8346e6-afc5-11df-8ae5-001cc4c03286.html
The Cap Times
Cat fights: Cougar sightings spark debate on whether they belong here
MARY ELLEN GABRIEL | Special to The Capital Times [...]
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http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20100423/NEWS/100429753/1078&ParentProfile=1062
Mountain lion safety video available on-line
Video explains lion behavior, how to keep them away from your home and what you do if you meet one
Vail Daily staff report
Vail, CO Colorado
VAIL VALLEY, COlorado — Mountain lion sightings are becoming more and more common in Colorado. The Colorado Division of Wildlife has produced a short video about safety [...]
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We have no records of attacks on humans by panthers, but some instances of depredation on pets and livestock have been recorded, mainly since 2005 in Golden Gate Estates. Starting in the 1960s, Golden Gate Estates was developed for residences. Occasional conflicts with humans were predictable.
Goats are the main livestock killed by panthers. The US [...]
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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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http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/animal-emotions/201004/close-encounters-lion-kind-meeting-cougars-foxes-bears-and-bear-poop
Psychology Today
April 4, 2010, Animal Behavior
We must coexist with animals with whom we share space
By Marc Bekoff
Marc Bekoff is Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. See full bio
Because my living space encroaches on the terrain of mountain lions and many other carnivores– including coyotes, red foxes, and black [...]
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The following article from NorthJersey.com -
http://www.northjersey.com/news/environment/81945467_Experts__Cougars_only_inhabit_NJ_bars_But_locals_contend_they_ve_seen_mountain_lions_with_their_own_eyes__.html, as thorough a treatment in a daily newspaper of the eastern cougar story as the ECF has seen, contains a slight skew of our recovery mission. The conclusion suggests that the ECF advocates restorations to suburban regions. In our correspondence for the article, we emphasized that cougars are “living largely without incident” in western suburbs to [...]
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http://www.thecountrytoday.com/story-news.asp?id=BLVSO845001
The Country Today
DNR prepares officials for potential cougar influx
By Danielle Begalke
GRANTSBURG – “It seems like everyone out there has either seen a cougar or knows someone who has seen a cougar,” said John Olson, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources furbearer ecologist. “We all know the observations are coming in.”
Olson was among several speakers at a [...]
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