Wildcats
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This article is in the Jackson Hole News and Guide today. Although it isn’t firmly established, changes in cougar territory in the area near the Teton Wilderness may be due to pressure from wolves. Jim and Holly Akenson have already found this to be the case in central Idaho (in Big Creek, deep in the…
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This kind of review is required by the endangered species act t0 see if the the Eastern Cougar is truly extinct. Some of the many sightings have no doubt been of escaped captive cougars. Cougars from the West are also claiming the territory. I would not be surprised if the the Service concludes that any…
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This story is from the carnivore conservation blog. It seems like shooting animals in an enclosure and calling it “hunting” is a growing problem all over the world, with ethically challenged entrepreneurs in South Africa just like in Idaho. Fortunately, people are taking action against this practice. South Africa bans hunting caged lions. Carnivore Conservation
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A ten year old female mountain lion was recently accidentally trapped in North Dakota. The mountain lion is now making a comeback in the state, and she might have played a very large role. Story in the Bismark Tribune. . . . More on the story. The cougar was trapped in a bobcat snare. There…
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Look at these amazing details. Look and see if you can detect the effect of wolves. Remember wolves were reintroduced in 1995. At first there were just a few, and at the end of 2005 about 600 wolves, so the evidence of their effect should increase each years after 1995. Link to the figures.
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Wolves have nailed some cougar-tracking hounds again. Somehow it is hard to cry for these cry-baby hunters. Where is their sense of adventure and that a hunt should be a risk to hunters too? Story in the Jackson Hole Star Tribune ———– Related. This was in Ed Bang’s report that came in this evening. It…
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There are about 650 wolves in Idaho. To hear some tell, this “incredible” number is devastating the big game herds, menacing people, and driving farmers from their lands. “How many do you want. When will the “wolf-lovers” ever be satisfied?” I’m a friend of the wolf, and its prey. I’m a friend of the cougar…
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It is expected that lots of data has been collected that will allow management more by science and less by barroom and rumor from coffee at the diner. Story in the Billings Gazette. AP It seems that people can think more rationally about cougars than they can about wolves.