http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100116/LIFE/1160337/-1/GETPUBLISHED03wp-content/Man-who-shot-mountain-lion-unapologetic
DesMoinesRegister.com
Man who shot mountain lion unapologetic
By MIKE KILEN
Cedar Rapids, Ia. – Ray Goebel stubs out his cigarette and hands over a fistful of photographs of the dead mountain lion draped over his shoulders, blood smeared from its mouth.
“They are beautiful animals,” he said. “I wish it would have got up and ran away.”
Not that [...]
Category Archive for 'Iowa'
Major opportunity lost when cougar shot near Marengo, Iowa
Posted in Hunting, Iowa, Preservation on Dec 31st, 2009
It seems that the Marengo cougar did not die in vain.
http://www.journalexpress.net/features/local_story_364104250.html?keyword=topstory
Journal Express – Knoxville, Iowa
Recent Shooting raises awareness of cougars
Steve Woodhouse
Knoxville — One Marion County wildlife expert believes a major opportunity was missed when a farmer shot a mountain lion near Marengo last week. The animal could have been tagged by the Iowa Department of [...]
Protection sought for Iowa cougars
Posted in Iowa, Preservation on Dec 23rd, 2009
http://www.omaha.com/article/20091223/SPORTS07/712239904
Omaha.com – Omaha World-Herald
Protection sought for mountain lions
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A deer hunter’s shooting of a mountain lion last week in Iowa County has inspired an effort to secure legislative protection of the cats.
Catherine Oehl of Amana, Iowa, said she wants Iowans to ask state legislators to extend legal protection to mountain lions.
Oehl said [...]
Letters to the Editor: Iowa should outlaw killing of rare species
Posted in Co-existence, Education, Iowa on Dec 22nd, 2009
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20091222/OPINION04/912220339/1038/OPINION/Surely-Iowa-has-room-for-some-wild-animals
DesMoinesRegister.com
Surely Iowa has room for some wild animals
December 22, 2009
Did the mountain lion really need to die? The Register’s Dec. 16 article stated the slaughtered mountain lion was well-fed, but no one seemed to know what it had been eating. I hadn’t heard about a rash of cattle or “spooked” horses disappearing over the years, [...]
Cougars in Iowa? Maybe next year
Posted in Confirmed Sightings, Education, Hunting, Iowa, Monitoring, Preservation on Dec 19th, 2009
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20091217/opinion04/912170331/1038/opinion/beautiful-animal-needlessly-slaughtered
DesMoinesRegister.com
Beautiful animal needlessly slaughtered
See: Cougar killed in Iowa
Why, when some people see an unusual or rare animal, do they feel compelled to kill it? On Monday, Raymond Goebel shot perhaps the only mountain lion living in Iowa. Why did he shoot it? Was it because it was threatening him?
No, it was sitting peaceably in a [...]
Male Cougar killed in Iowa
Posted in Confirmed Sightings, Control, Hunting, Iowa on Dec 16th, 2009
At first, the cougar was identified as a female, but later the Iowa DNR determined it was a male. Sexing cougars is difficult enough that Colorado and Montana require cougar hunters to take a sex identification course before getting a license (often it is legal to kill only males). Here’s a link to the Colorado sex ID course and [...]