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  • Should You Run or Freeze When You See a Mountain Lion?

    Ralph Maughan

    New study disputes the conventional wisdom to stay put or risk triggering lion’s instinct to pursue- The study was based on what 185 people did who were attacked by mountain lions. The data was from 1890 to 2000. It came from the U.S. and Canada. I can see from the abstract on which the article…

  • New Mexican man killed and eaten some by a cougar

    Ralph Maughan

    Man Killed by Cougar, Officials Confirm. By Rene Romo. Albuquerque Journal Southern Bureau. This is near the country where they do all that worrying about Mexican wolves.

  • Washington State cougars pushed to the brink

    Ralph Maughan

    Cougars in chaos. How a state hunting policy pushed Washington’s big cats to the brink. April 14, 2008. By Liza Gross. High Country News. Earlier I posted. Special Washington cougar hunt backfires Other states like Idaho and Oregon are headed down the same path.

  • Cougar attacks a Montana hunter

    Ralph Maughan

    Lion pounces on hunter. By Jim Mann. Daily Inter Lake. Backpack saves man from more serious injuries. This is said to be the first mountain lion attack in many years in Montana.

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