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Tag Archives: Conservation of the Puma Cat

Tesla autopilot detects mountain lion running across road (video)

PoC avatarPosted on May 12, 2020 by Michael BroadMay 12, 2020

Townsend, Montana, USA: This short video neatly sums up a lot about the relationship between America’s mountain lion (puma, cougar) and people. This iconic wild cat, which is so closely associated with America (but which is found in all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Puma | Tagged America, Conservation of the Puma Cat, cougar, cougar and human behavior, mountain lion, puma distribution, puma ecology, puma range | Leave a reply

Why hasn’t California got a farmers’ insurance scheme against mountain lion predation?

PoC avatarPosted on February 11, 2020 by Michael BroadFebruary 11, 2020

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA – OPINION/NEWS: It is reported that a mountain lion who was being tracked by scientists as part of a study has been shot dead because it had hunted and killed the livestock of a farmer who’d … Continue reading →

Posted in Puma | Tagged cat shot, conflict, Conservation of the Puma Cat, mountain lion, mountain lion attacks | Leave a reply

Three mountain lions shot dead because they were scavenging on a human corpse

PoC avatarPosted on January 3, 2020 by Michael BroadJanuary 3, 2020

The report in The Times newspaper is clear. A mother mountain lion and her two offspring were not suspected of killing the person that they were eating but nonetheless all three were shot dead because Arizona Game and Fish Department … Continue reading →

Posted in Puma | Tagged Cat News, Conservation of the Puma Cat, Mountain Lion Attack, mountain lion attacks, mountain lion behavior, puma, puma behavior | 1 Reply

California: Killing pests with poisons ends up poisoning everything else including pumas

PoC avatarPosted on December 30, 2019 by Michael BroadDecember 30, 2019

A Californian, commercial pest controller, Wilmar Mejia, is more clear-headed about the dangers of using poisons to kill rats than his betters and rulers, the Californian politicians, who make the law on the use of poisons to control rats and … Continue reading →

Posted in poison | Tagged conservation, Conservation of the Puma Cat, poison | Leave a reply

If a cougar mauls a dog and kills a domestic cat you shoot the cougar

PoC avatarPosted on December 10, 2019 by Michael BroadDecember 10, 2019

The policy of conservation officerso in the area of Penticton1, British Columbia, Canada, is to shoot dead a cougar (even a young one2) if it mauls someone’s dog and kills a cat. Conservation officers do this because it indicates a … Continue reading →

Posted in Puma | Tagged canada, conflict, conservation, Conservation of the Puma Cat, mountain lion attacks, puma distribution, puma range, wild cat conservation | Leave a reply

Why are pumas hunted?

PoC avatarPosted on November 14, 2019 by Michael BroadNovember 14, 2019

This is a big and if we are honest a philosophical question because there is no absolute necessity nowadays to hunt pumas (aka mountain lions). This activity, pastime or form of human entertainment (primarily) is carried out because some humans … Continue reading →

Posted in Puma | Tagged America, Conservation of the Puma Cat, puma, sport hunting

Need for housing developments in southern California squeezes mountain lion habitat

PoC avatarPosted on June 27, 2019 by Michael BroadJune 27, 2019

There is a report in the LA Times that the mountain lions of Southern California are approaching what they describe as an “extinction vortex”. As I understand it, this means that when the population numbers have decreased to a certain … Continue reading →

Posted in Puma | Tagged california, conservation, Conservation of the Puma Cat, mountain lion

Tranquillizer Darts Killing Mountain Lions

PoC avatarPosted on August 25, 2014 by Michael BroadAugust 25, 2014

In the news media today there are two cases of captured mountain lions dying. They were not so much captured as killed and what killed them was tranquillizer darts. Are tranquillizer guns being used properly in the capture of mountain … Continue reading →

Posted in Puma, Wild Cat Species | Tagged conservation, Conservation of the Puma Cat, mountain lion, puma, wild cat conservation | 2 Replies

Cougar Kills Livestock? Protect The Livestock!

PoC avatarPosted on March 19, 2014 by Michael BroadMarch 19, 2014

If a large wild cat species is killing a farmer’s livestock there are basically two ways that the farmer can deal with the situation. He can kill the cat or protect his livestock¹. The choice that he makes depends on … Continue reading →

Posted in conservation, Wild Cat Species | Tagged Conservation of the Puma Cat, snow leopard conservation, wild cat species | 7 Replies

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