Wildcats

  • Idaho Fish and Game looking for culprit who shot lion north of Rexburg

    Ralph Maughan

    Cougar wanders through ag country and is illegally shot- Fish and Game looking for culprit who shot lion. Rexburg Standard Journal. By Joyce Edlefsen.

  • Call of the cougar long gone from the East

    Ralph Maughan

    A followup article to the one about the Eastern cougar declared extinct- Call of the cougar long gone from the East. Big cats extinct despite reports of sightings, federal officials say. By Brian Nearing. Times Union Staff Writer, OR not The Eastern Cougar: Dead or Alive? By Felicity Barringer. New York Times. Eastern catamount may…

  • Eastern cougar is officially extinct, government says

    Ralph Maughan

    However, turns out there never was such an animal distinct from the Western cougar- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week said  the eastern cougar was extinct, and said it should be taken off the endangered species. However, it turns out most think the Eastern cougar was a distinction that made no difference because…

  • Rare photo shows 8 cougars on Washington state game trail

    Ralph Maughan

    Unusual proximity of so many mountain lions probably possible because of familial relationships- Several factors probably explain how 8 cougars, very territorial animals, came together to feed on a dead cow on a cliff near Soap Lake, Washington.  The first is that it is winter. Prey are concentrated into a small area and in this…

  • Can Vladimir Putin save endangered tigers?

    Ralph Maughan

    Russian leader gives big boost to the International Tiger Forum- Vladimir Putin has been making quite a name for himself in recent years as a man of outdoor activity, and one not afraid of large carnivores. He hopes to save the tiger from extinction. The International Tiger Forum hopes to raise an astonishing $350-million for…

  • Judge Molloy: FWS plan excluded possible lynx habitat

    Ralph Maughan

    USFWS arbitrarily failed to include vast acreage of lynx habitat as “critical habitat” This is a very important decision for the future of the lynx, which had been added to ESA protection. Molloy rules lynx plan arbitrarily excluded possible ‘critical habitat‘. By Michael Jamison. Missoulian. This is the second go round on the size of…

  • BC-03-M-02 | 2001-2010

    Ken Cole

    Born in British Columbia, the lynx travelled more than 2,000 km to finally make it back home An interesting story of a lynx that was translocated into Colorado from B.C. only to return there 8 years later. I don’t think, however, that the lynx really “wanted to die close to home” BC-03-M-02 | 2001-2010 by…

  • Mountain lion management plan angers conservationists

    Ken Cole

    Rare lions are to be killed to protect rare bighorn sheep. Ron Kearns, a frequent commentator on this site and retired wildlife biologist of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, was recently interviewed for a story about mountain lion management on the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona. The refuge has set a policy which requires…

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Edward Abbey

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