[Homestead] Mountain lions Hatching Round 3

Lynda lurine at com-pair.net
Thu Jan 1 13:11:55 EST 2009


Mountain lions abound in CA.  They aren't big on being seen, so you could
live in an area your whole life and never see one.  Hear them once in a
blue, but never see them.

Each state that has them have their own laws.  In California they are a
"specially protected species" which means that the Department of Fish and
Game can't declare a hunting season and that people can't "take, injure,
possess, transport, import or sell" them or "any part of."

However, they can be killed with a "depredation permit" if they are killing
livestock or attack a person.  Most counties in CA (several other states
have them also) have hunters they pay to track them (or coyotes or bob cats
or bears or whatever wildlife might be a problem) and kill them.

We've seen "our" mountain lion a couple of times and heard a couple of them
one night.  Our place is relatively clear (we removed all brush within 150'
of the house and both our neighbors have done their's), so we are
optimum/mountain lion friendly property.  The gal that just had one killed
lives in a canyon (prime mountain lion area) and doesn't barn her sheep and
goats at night which is kinda marks her property as a coyote/mountain lion
buffet.  She's not a terribly logical person.  She has some guardian dogs
but keeps them close to the house.  Go figure.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bobf" <bobford79 at yahoo.com>
To: <homestead at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 6:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Hatching Round 3


> Is the "predator hunter" a state sanctioned job?  I thought wild cats were
> protected everywhere.  I know that a farmer or shareholder must protect
> his livestock / food supply.  But, they are not often seen outside of
> cages.  I spent most of my youth in the woods and have seen almost
> everything that could be seen, animal wise, that lived in the area where I
> was raised.  I saw very few cats.  I would hate to shoot a wild cat
> .........................
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> --- On Wed, 12/31/08, Lynda <lurine at com-pair.net> wrote:
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>>
>> Speaking of losses, the neighbor just had the predator
>> hunter in because
>> they lost a llama, a couple of sheep and a doe to mountain
>> lions.  He killed
>> a young male but didn't get the mother or the other
>> cub.
>>
>> Lynda
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