Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, must have been a cougar kitten. Or one without experience of Arizona mules! ;-) Seth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 11:24 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] #210-----UK panthers, lions > About a year ago I saw a few digi-snaps made by a member of a > cougar-hunting > party in Arizona. The hunting party of a few humans included hounds and > mules (for the hunters to ride). Unfortunately for the lion one of the > mules - fully tacked w/ saddle, saddle bags, bridle - caught up with the > cat first. The mule picked the cougar up by the tail, thrashed it around > a > bit, slammed the cat down then stomped it to death. In the background you > can see the hounds staying well clear of the mule. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > on 7/7/05 8:00 PM, Bill Smith at wrs111445@yahoo.com wrote: > >> Never happens in TX--maybe we taste bad to them. Perhaps it's all the >> bullshit >> we have in us? >> >> Doug Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote:on 7/7/05 4:30 PM, Adam Bridge at >> abridge@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> If the "they" you are refering to are what I'd call a "mountain lion" >>> or a "puma" then I'd say there are dead joggers around Sacramento and >>> in the foothills who would feel differently if they could. >>> >>> People DO get pounced on and either maimed or killed by big cats out >>> here. I think there is an attack on a yearly basis, probably more >>> often, as the highly territorial big cats follow water courses down >>> from the moutains on either side of the Sacramento Valley and into the >>> more urban areas. They eat beavers and other critters, not to mention >>> pets and coyotes. >>> >>> Adam >>> >> >> Simple precautions based a little knowledge reduces the risk >> considerably, >> and in the vast majority of the attacks on humans these precautions were >> not >> taken. Mountain Lions are solitary animals; an injured Mountain Lion >> doesn't have any support system to feed and care for it so an injured >> Mountain Lion is at much greater risk of death. Anything a human can do >> that tells the Mountain Lion that it's risk of injury is increased will >> stack the odds in the human's favor: have a friend or a dog with you, and >> fight back. The people killed by Mountain Lions in this area almost >> always >> are alone. >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >