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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Humane Society presents talk on mountain lions
Runs through Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Time & Place
7:00 PM
Auditorium at the Peninsula Humane Society at 12 Airport Boulevard - San Mateo, California
San Mateo County residents will have a glimpse into the life of a typical mountain lion at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 9, in the auditorium at the Peninsula Humane Society at 12 Airport Blvd. in San Mateo. Woodside, Portola Valley and parts of Atherton are mountain lion country and, as has been documented more than once in The Almanac, residents have had close encounters. A lion attacked a goat in a Portola Valley back yard in February, only to be scared off by the homeowner. In March, a lion casually strolled up the front steps and through the yard of a Woodside psychotherapist's home while she was in session, with the result that she put up a warning in her waiting room. Lion sightings have been up significantly in The Almanac's circulation area. Does your yard or deck have occasional visits by a tawny 150-pound feline with a vertical leap capability of 12 feet to 15 feet? Do you have questions about living where lions also roam?
The talk, titled "Mountain Lions: Elusive Residents of the Bay Area," is meant to help people understand the role of the big cats in the region's ecosystem.
Yiwei Wang, a humane society volunteer and doctoral student in the Bay Area Puma Project, will present the talk. It will include a brief history of the relationship between people and mountain lions in California, as well as tips on coexisting safely with the animals.
The Humane Society requests a donation of $5. Call Amy Differding at 340-7022, ext. 369, for more information.
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Mountain Lion Spotted In Wheat RidgeCBS Denver | 2011-05-24 WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (CBS4)- Police in Wheat Ridge and the Department of Wildlife are investigating a mountain lion sighting. Two girls reported seeing the wild cat while walking their dog near Prospect Park at 44th and Robb Street. |
Luring mountain lions to learn to live amongst themKALW News | 2011-06-04 One of the Bay Area’s native animals, the mountain lion, goes by many names: puma, panther, cougar, catamount, painter. One of the most apt, perhaps, is “ghost cat,” earned for the animal’s skill at staying out of human sight. That skill has helped to ensure their ongoing survival here. Mountain lions, like grizzlies and wolves, were subjected to hunting bounties in the 20th century in an attempt to eradicate them. Those other predators were extirpated (which in case you were wondering, means “to destroy totally or exterminate”), as were lions from the eastern two-thirds of the United States. But the lions’ continued presence here links us to a past California, wild and rich in biodiversity. Now scientists are studying the Bay Area’s big cats in an effort to bridge the cultural divide between them and us, to make our neighboring habitats safe for all. Erica Gies reports. |
Mountain Lion in Bethany?NBC Connecticut | 2011-06-15 |
Mountain lions sighted on Scottsdale golf courseThe Arizona Republic | 2011-03-25 A north Scottsdale couple feel lucky to have made a rare sighting of three mountain lions this week on the fourth hole of Desert Mountain Golf Club's Cochise Course. Desert Mountain resident Linda Borman said she quickly snapped a few photographs on Monday afternoon after her husband, Ty, saw the mother and her two cubs lounging on the fairway of the 546-yard, par-5 hole. |
Mountain lions spotted in AptosSanta Cruz Sentinel | 2011-03-22 APTOS -- Mountain lions have been spotted at least three times in the past week near Redwood Drive and Campus Drive in Aptos, neighbors and state Department of Fish and Game officials said Monday. |
Eastern cougars still exist, Ontario ministry insists, despite U.S. claim they're goneOttawa Citizen | 2011-03-04 There are still eastern cougars in Ontario, maintains the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, despite a Wednesday announcement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service claiming the species is extinct. |
Mountain lions moving into MidwestConnectTristates.com | 2011-03-10 Due to bigger populations in the west, experts believe some young male mountain lions are heading east on a search for their own territory. |
Deer carcass found near Priory schoolAlmanac News | 2011-03-16 The carcass of a deer that may have been killed by a mountain lion was found near a Portola Valley school Wednesday morning, March 9, San Mateo County emergency officials said. |
From bounty-hunting to co-existing with cougarsDaily Camera | 2011-03-01 Baron will speak about the changing relationship between people and mountain lions at the Erie Community Library on Thursday, March 10, at 7 p.m. |
Group wants to bring panthers to Georgia, north FloridaNaples News | 2011-02-15 Conservation groups are calling on the federal government to set up another population of Florida panthers in southern Georgia. |
PALOMAR MOUNTAIN: Mountain lion startles family in homeNorth County Times | 2011-02-09 David Robarts said Tuesday that a mountain lion broke through the back door of his rural, two-story Palomar Mountain home Sunday night, briefly scaring him and his wife, Nancy, and son, Nathan, before scampering off. |
West Coast cougars among most difficult to trackCanada.com | 2011-02-16 Study says conservation management fundamentally flawed...the cougar is among her most challenging specimens to keep track of in the region's densely forested areas. |
Mountain lion on the prowl in MonroviaLos Angeles News | 2011-02-17 Some Monrovia residents are on alert after a mountain lion was seen prowling in their neighborhood. |
Portola Valley: Mountain lion spotted Wednesday nightMercury News | 2011-02-18 A mountain lion was spotted in a rural residential neighborhood in Portola Valley on Wednesday night, San Mateo County emergency officials said. The cat was seen at about 7:40 p.m. in the area of the 100 and 200 blocks of Willowbrook Drive. |
Mountain lion spotted near AspenAspen Daily News Online | 2011-01-28 A mountain lion was spotted on the Rio Grande Trail near Aspen on Tuesday, Pitkin County Open Space rangers report. |
G&F woes preceded jaguar captureArizona Daily Star | 2011-02-07 In page after page of testimony, Arizona Game and Fish Department officials portrayed jaguar researcher Emil McCain as a man who manipulated, "played" and led them down a primrose path toward the capture of jaguar Macho B that ended in tragedy. But in the same testimony, the officials portrayed their department as one that was able to be played because it was plagued by internal problems, personality conflicts and poor communication. |
G&F woes preceded jaguar captureArizona Daily Star | 2011-02-07 In page after page of testimony, Arizona Game and Fish Department officials portrayed jaguar researcher Emil McCain as a man who manipulated, "played" and led them down a primrose path toward the capture of jaguar Macho B that ended in tragedy. But in the same testimony, the officials portrayed their department as one that was able to be played because it was plagued by internal problems, personality conflicts and poor communication. |
The magic of cougarsThe Victoria Times Colonist | 2010-01-24 Cougars help make Vancouver Island what it is. Most of us never see one. But their existence confirms that the wildness at the heart of this land has not been lost as humans have claimed more and more space for their own. |
Hunting has put B.C. cougar population at risk, story and videoThe Victoria Times Colonist | 2011-01-20 Trophy hunting and habitat loss are putting B.C.'s cougar population at risk and provincial policies do not adequately protect the big cats, says a new report by three scientists from the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. |
Mountain lion spotted in Portola ValleyMercury News | 2011-01-15 A mountain lion was spotted in Portola Valley late Saturday night. |
Critter cams capture menagerie of Boulder County wildlifeDaily Camera | 2011-01-03 In the few months since 40 motion-activated cameras were spread out across the undeveloped lands west of Boulder and around Lyons, thousands of these kinds of pictures have been taken, giving a glimpse into a world of wildlife rarely seen by people. |
Lions in the mountains of Pa.?Vindy.com | 2011-01-03 The Erie Times-News recently ran an interesting article about possible mountain lion sightings in Northeast Township east of Erie. |
Mountain lion kills deer on school campus in BelmontMercury News | 2010-12-10 A mountain lion and her cub killed and partially ate a deer late Wednesday or early Thursday on the Ralston Middle School campus, prompting a warning from police. |
Mountain lion suspected in attack on MazdaKXLH 9 | 2010-11-09 It appears that a mountain lion attacked a Mazda car in or near Eureka in northwest Montana several days ago. |
While state denies mountain lions are in NH, numerous sightings say otherwiseNashua Telegraph | 2010-10-25 At 6:20 on the morning of Aug. 20, Cheri Mazerall had just let her cat out the back door when she saw what she describes as a “beautiful, large beige/yellow” animal with “large feet and a long tail” come over her stone wall on Center Road in Lyndeborough. |
Cats, Big and Small, Roam the Tucson MountainsUniversity of Arizona | 2010-10-22 For the first time, mountain lions and bobcats have been photographed as part of an in-depth monitoring study in the Tucson Mountains, a small island of habitat facing increasing segregation from surrounding natural areas because of urban sprawl and road construction. |
Game and Parks investigating report of mountain lion in southeast Nebraska areaThe Journal | 2010-10-22 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is investigating an unconfirmed report of a mountain lion sighting in the Beaver Lake and Union area. |
Crane naval center issues mountain lion warningChicago Tribune | 2010-09-28 The Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center in southwestern Indiana has warned workers to watch out for a suspected mountain lion that has been spotted in the area. |
SD Weather Could Be the Cause of Deer DeclineKDLT news NBC | 2010-09-20 A biologist says weather patterns, not mountain lions, are responsible for the recent decline in thenumber of deer in the Black Hills. |
Alleged cougar sighting in NE Indianawane.com IN | 2010-07-01 The Loch Ness Monster of northeast Indiana has been born after a picture is taken of what some believe is a cougar or mountain lion. |
Be Cougar Smart New Mexico And Get OutdoorsAmmoLand.com | 2010-06-10 National Get Outdoors Day will be celebrated across New Mexico Saturday, June 12, and Governor Bill Richardson wants outdoors people to be “Cougar Smart” as well. |
FWC Reports Encouraging News For Florida PanthersWCTV - Florida | 2010-04-20 With spring in full bloom, some positive signs have emerged about Florida’s endangered panther. Biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and Big Cypress National Preserve (BCNP) have been busy documenting active Florida panther dens filled with kittens. |
Saga of Florida panther is 'sordid story'St. Petersburg Times | 2010-04-19 Although federal officials have talked of moving panthers out of South Florida for 20 years, they have yet to draw up any plans for such a step. Meanwhile Arkansas officials say they do not want the panthers moved there. |
State should outlaw killing of rare speciesState should outlaw killing of rare species | 2009-12-21 What a sad day for the state of Iowa when beautiful species as the mountain lion is killed for no other justification than to have a taxidermist mount it into a full mount. |
Panthera: Mountain lions in Iowa? Maybe next year.Panthera, Huffington Post | 2009-12-21 On Monday afternoon, a hunter in eastern Iowa had the rare luck to see a mountain lion. Mountain lions, like most wild cats, are secretive creatures and are notoriously hard to see in the wild. And, not only does this hunter get to see a mountain lion, he gets to see the first one that has been seen in the state in 5 years. |
Big Sur Land Trust advances conservation goals in Gabilan watershedTachel Zentz - The Californian | 2009-12-18 The Big Sur Land Trust announced today it has received the donation of a conservation easement on the 1,107-acre Colinas Ranch owned by Dr. Ron and Mrs. Linda Stoney. |
Group asks court to stop lion trappingYuma Sun | 2009-12-14 The Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity filed briefs last week in federal court seeking to prevent the Arizona Game and Fish Department from trapping mountain lions in areas where jaguars have been known to reside. |
Mountain lions prey selectively on prion-infected mule deerTerry Singeltary | 2009-11-03 The possibility that predators choose prey selectively based on age or condition has been suggested but rarely tested. We examined whether mountain lions (Puma concolor) selectively prey upon mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) infected with chronic wasting disease, a prion disease. |
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