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Posted in Hunting, Monitoring, S. Dakota on Apr 30th, 2009
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KOTA Radio 1380 – Rapid City, SD
Mountain Lion Research Will Begin Next Phase
The G F & P commission will be meeting next week, at which they’ll be getting a briefing on the mountain lion population status in the Black Hills.
Tom Kirschenman, with the G F & P said they’ll also outline research and management [...]
Posted in Hoax, Nova Scotia on Apr 30th, 2009
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1118930.html
TheChronicleHerald.ca – Halifax, Nova Scotia
Cougar sightings ‘highly unlikely’
Officials say picture of dead animal making email rounds a hoax
By JOHN McPHEE Staff Reporter
Tue. Apr 28 – 5:40 AM
An Internet hoax may be making the rounds on cougars in Nova Scotia but some are convinced they’ve seen this large wildcat.
Natural Resources officials have been deluged with [...]
Posted in Monitoring, S. Dakota on Apr 30th, 2009
http://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?ArticleId=368234
KXnet.com – Bismarck, Mandan
Apr 29 2009 5:15AM
KXNewsTeam
AP-SDLion Numbers,0117 GFP says Black Hills lion numbers stay around 250 Eds: APNewsNow.
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department says the number of mountain lions in the Black Hills stayed steady over the last year at roughly 250, give or take 30 cats.
The estimate is [...]
Posted in Florida, Preservation on Apr 25th, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/99871
American Chronicle
Hastings Receives Florida Panther Protection Award from the Conservancy of Southwest Florida
Congressional Desk
April 23, 2009
Urges President Obama to Establish Critical Habitat for the Endangered Florida Panther
Washington, DC) Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-Miramar) has been awarded the Florida Panther Protection Award from the Conservancy of Southwest Florida for his efforts to protect the Florida [...]
Posted in Florida on Apr 15th, 2009
http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/04/14/only-80-100-florida-panthers-survive-says-congressman-to-obama/
Red Green and Blue – Environmental Politics From Across the Spectrum
Only 80-100 Florida Panthers Survive Says Congressman to Obama
Written by Jake Richardson
Published on April 14th, 2009
Congressman Alcee Hastings recently wrote a letter addressed to President Obama regarding the extremely small population of wild panthers living precariously in south Florida.
He spoke of the two main threats [...]
Posted in Saskatchewan on Apr 15th, 2009
Adult cattle have little to fear from cougars. They are just too big to handle, especially if there is sufficient native prey. Calves are vulnerable during first month or so. Good husbandry and adequate native prey usually solves the problem.
http://www2.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/third_page/story.html?id=bcd86439-60bc-4bd8-83bd-7dfdc5360058
TheStarPhoenix
Cougars, moose enter new territory
Wendy Gillis, The StarPhoenix
Published: Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Orest Sawitsky woke up to [...]
Posted in Florida, Preservation on Apr 11th, 2009
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/apr/10/panther-advocates-call-solution-stretch-road-respo/
Naples Daily News
Panther advocates call for solution to dangerous stretch of road
By ERIC STAATS (Contact)
Friday, April 10, 2009
NAPLES — The death of a 3-year-old female Florida panther struck by a car Thursday morning in the Big Cypress National Preserve is heightening calls for action to reduce panther deaths along a stretch of U.S. 41 East.
“Something [...]
Posted in Florida, Preservation on Apr 8th, 2009
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-panthersforum05pnapr05,0,6189598.story
SunSentinel.com
Protect Florida panther habitat from development
By Andrew McElwaine
April 5, 2009
The Florida panther is one of the most endangered animals on Earth, with only 80 to 100 remaining. Even though the Florida panther is protected by the federal Endangered Species Act, it is quickly losing habitat. In 2008, a record number of panthers were killed [...]