A big hurrah for Tommy Knowles the executive director of the Wildlife Defence League because he spells out succinctly the reason why trophy or sport hunting is so outdated and unsuited to the modern age. It is also quite simply: … Continue reading →
The title summarises in three short sentences the story of this cougar and, frankly it is a sad story and a sad indictment of the failure of humans to protect wildlife. As human population numbers grow rapidly there is only … Continue reading →
‘Cost’ means purchase price and maintenance costs. The latter (maintenance expenses) is far more than the former. Buyers should be aware of this. There is nothing on the internet or in books telling me how much a mountain lion (puma) … Continue reading →
In North America the mountain lion or puma is the top predator and has no enemies other than the bear (perhaps), humans (certainly) and another mountain lion. During dispersal when a young adult puma goes in search of his own … Continue reading →
Puma is another name for mountain lion. There are various figures for the amount of meat (flesh) that pumas eat per day. In the Sheep River area of Alberta a female puma ate 2.5 kilograms of freshly killed mule deer … Continue reading →
The name cougar appears to come from a word used by a German geographer, Georg Marcgrave. In 1648 Marcgrave used the word “cuguacuarana” when referring to the puma, which is the word most often used by scientists. The full Latin … Continue reading →
Mountain lions can save lives. This has been suggested by safety experts, who took the lead from a group of wildlife scientists from Western states and Alaska who have been studying the effect that cougars have upon road accidents. Sophie … Continue reading →
Poison bait boxes intended to kill rats placed in public places such as restaurants, schools and shopping centres are killing bobcats and mountain lions in California and elsewhere. See an earlier post with photos of a poisoned but living cougar. … Continue reading →
Do mountain lions eat humans? The answer is 100% No in the context of attacking a human to eat the person, in my view but I am open to disagrement. It has never happened as far as I am aware … Continue reading →
This is a happy ending cat story although the happiness cannot wash away the unhappiness of being chained up in the back of a truck and used as a circus big cat for a staggering twenty years. Peru banned circus … Continue reading →
