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Subject: [Leica] #210-----UK panthers, lions
From: sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner)
Date: Fri Jul 8 04:24:17 2005
References: <BEF34006.22DDD%telyt@earthlink.net>

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
>>
>
>
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