02-28-2014, 08:36 AM
The story ran days and days earlier local news
west coast cougar attacks on humans
http://westernwildlife.org/cougar-outrea...anagement/
This wild animal was half the weight it should have been. There was something seriously wrong with it.
They normally avoid people. Method not withstanding it is likely best this particular animal was removed from the apparently healthy population of relatives.
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If the deer and feed population is high and healthy, the prey population will be high and healthy.
Increased sightings will follow increased populations .
Increased sightings means increased altercations and increased stories like these.
There will be more until the populations decline again as they are wont to do with the natural tides of population changes.
"TWISP, Wash. (AP) -- An 11-year-old girl shot a cougar that was following her 14-year-old brother to their home at Twisp, in north central Washington.http://www.kimatv.com/news/local/11-year...39751.html
State Fish and Wildlife Officer Cal Treser says the female cougar killed last week was about 4 years old and very skinny at about 50 pounds - half of what it should weigh.
Treser says the teens' father, Tom White, had chased the cougar away from their calves twice on Feb. 19. The next day his son went out to feed the dogs and was returning to a basement door when he spotted the cougar following him.
His daughter had a tag to hunt cougars and shot the animal.
The Wenatchee World reports it was the third cougar killed in a week in the area just outside Twisp."
So far this winter, Fish and Wildlife agents have tracked and killed five cougars for attacking domestic animals in the Twisp-Winthrop area. Five others in the Methow Valley have been killed by hunters.http://www.komonews.com/news/local/11-ye...06071.html
The department issued five special permits allowing hunters to use dogs to track and kill cougars in response to an unusual number of cougar problems this winter. There may be more cougars than usual or they may be having trouble finding deer, their usual prey, agents said.
west coast cougar attacks on humans
http://westernwildlife.org/cougar-outrea...anagement/
This wild animal was half the weight it should have been. There was something seriously wrong with it.
They normally avoid people. Method not withstanding it is likely best this particular animal was removed from the apparently healthy population of relatives.
+
If the deer and feed population is high and healthy, the prey population will be high and healthy.
Increased sightings will follow increased populations .
Increased sightings means increased altercations and increased stories like these.
There will be more until the populations decline again as they are wont to do with the natural tides of population changes.