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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

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:
>
> > 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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