By Advocate | 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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By Advocate | 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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By Advocate | 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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By Advocate | 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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By Advocate | 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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By Advocate | 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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By Advocate | 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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By Tammy | 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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By Advocate | 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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By Advocate | 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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