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Majority of Americans Wouldn’t Pay to Hunt Lions

Majority of Americans Wouldn’t Pay to Hunt Lions

By | August 18, 2011 at 4:06 am | No comments

A poll commissioned by the International Fund for Animal Welfare revealed that only 6.6% of Americans would open up their wallets to pay for a trip to hunt lions while 70.4% would be interested in dropping some cash to go on a safari to take pictures of the big...

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Realtor can list house as “purrfect” for cat lovers

Realtor can list house as “purrfect” for cat lovers

By | August 16, 2011 at 2:25 am | No comments

Realtor John Millier was snapping photos in the backyard of a sweet house he has listed on adorable Walnut Court the other day when he froze like a jammed shutter. The mountain lion spotted by John Millier at a house on Walnut Court His eyes locked with those of a large...

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Wonderful Example of Educated Public Saying “NO” to Exotic Pets

By | August 13, 2011 at 3:37 pm | No comments

Board rejects man’s exotic animals request after neighbors complain Two house cats were at the center of a heated debate at a town advisory board meeting Tuesday night, but these cats are unlike any others you're likely to find in Las Vegas. A group of neighbors...

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Baby Bobcat Family out for a Stroll in California

Baby Bobcat Family out for a Stroll in California

By | August 11, 2011 at 10:35 pm | No comments

What could be cuter than a bouncing baby bobcat? How about an entire bobcat family? “He’s sleeping in the big ash tree right in front of our house—he’s been there for hours!” writes Jan Maxted, whose husband, Don snapped these photos outside their rural Jamul...

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S. Dakota’s Plan to Kill more Mountain Lions Creates Controversy

By | August 10, 2011 at 3:25 am | No comments

The proposed boost in the mountain lion limit would likely mean more females are killed, which in turn means more young lions would be orphaned at the age of 6 months or so. Those young lions are not taught how to catch their normal prey, so they wind up attacking people's pets...

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Think mountain lions should be in the mountains – GPS says no

Think mountain lions should be in the mountains – GPS says no

By | August 2, 2011 at 12:55 am | No comments

GPS has scientists reconsidering assumptions about animals' range, habitat GPS data show that lynx, mountain lions, wolves, wolverines and other wild animals often wander across hundreds of miles of habitat. Colorado Division of Wildlife and other Western...

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Part of Nebraska Flush with Mountain Lions

Part of Nebraska Flush with Mountain Lions

By | July 30, 2011 at 10:37 pm | No comments

A mountain lion treed by a landowner's dog near a farmhouse northwest of Crawford in western Nebraska about five years ago. The cougar spent several hours in the cottonwood tree before descending and running back into the Pine Ridge.   If Nebraska's resident...

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No Owner Steps Forward For Exotic Cat

No Owner Steps Forward For Exotic Cat

By | July 30, 2011 at 4:46 pm | No comments

The exotic cat captured in Tyrone Township this week has a new home near Grand Rapids at Boulder Ridge Wild Life Park — a place that's already planning to hold a contest to give it a name. An owner failed to claim the 35-pound African serval within the four days ...

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Bobcat Captured on Camera by Oklahoma Apt. Residents

Bobcat Captured on Camera by Oklahoma Apt. Residents

By | July 29, 2011 at 3:45 am | No comments

Residents of a south Tulsa apartment complex say they can prove a big cat is living in the city limits. They've taken photos of the cat walking along the fence line at the Sonoma Grande Apartments at 81st and Mingo this week. Jonathan Bradshaw says he and his stepdad saw...

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Video of Washington cougar captured & released into the wild

By | July 29, 2011 at 12:01 am | No comments

It was a first for wildlife officers in Washington State, and they say Tuesday night's release of a cougar worked perfectly. The cougar was subjected to what wildlife officers call a "hard release," where they use dogs and bean-bag guns to harass the animal to teach...

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