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MLF Cougar Clippings News Links 7/14/2010 Dear julia,
Here are a few of the top stories on mountain lions from recent news articles. For more frequent updates, visit MountainLion.org and read the news daily.
What’s New at MLF MLF Outreach at the Folsom Zoo Sanctuary
On Saturday, July 3rd, MLF volunteers hosted an […]
The Celebrating the American Lion Campaign website will be on-line Monday morning June 7th. The web address will be www.americanlion.org
At this time we are loading content as well as event listings from every group who has sent something in. Even if you don’t have anything to place on line at this time, it is […]
Denise Goldmann, Goleta March 11, 2010 12:00 AM
Re: the recent letter to the editor, “Make humans unbearable to bears,” hunting doesn’t reduce conflicts with bears. Trophy hunters target the largest bears that may look good on a wall or as a throw rug, not the young males that are primarily […]
DFG has recorded 12 “bear attacks” since 1980. In some cases, the details of these attacks were not completely known. According to the DFG’s statewide public safety guidelines, a wild animal attack is defined as “physical contact, injury or death.” Each attack is summarized below.
Mono County, October 2003 – A 43-year old Orange County […]
Yesterday we received another fawn from City of Santa Barbara Animal Control. She weighs a mere 2.5 pounds and is finally taking the bottle, and doing good.
Anthony Prieto
April 1, 2010 6:57 AM In response to Julia Di Sieno’s recent guest commentary, “Too hard to bear,” and after reading some of the follow-up responses, I felt I had to speak up as well. I’ve hunted in Santa Barbara’s back country for almost 25 years. I hunt wild pigs and […]
A year ago two tiny mountain lion kittens exposed a huge hole in California’s mountain lion protection policies. Even the state known for setting the standard in lion protection still has work to do before mountain lions will truly be “specially protected.” The ban on hunting lions for fun was only a first step; clarifying […]
“For once, I have a decent home,” Julia Di Sieno, executive director of Santa Ynez Valley-based Animal Rescue Team Inc., excitedly told the News-Press last week.The tireless animal rescue worker closed escrow on her new home, which is also the new home of the nonprofit Animal Rescue Team, in October 2009.
She and the myriad […]
Mount Shasta, Calif. –
The Sierra Club has filed a letter opposing a California Department of Fish and Game proposal to expand the use of dogs by bear hunters. If approved, the DFG proposal will increase the hounding of bears by dog packs, as well as expand black bear hunting into San Luis Obispo County […]
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