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15. Beautful creature, amazing video. Thanks for posting! Unfortunately...

Thu Feb 4, 2016, 04:07 AM

Feb 2016

the Santa Rita Mountains are where the Canadian company Rosemont Copper is pushing to get approval of a giant open-pit copper mine with tailings piles filling up whole valleys, with possibility of contaminating Tucson's watersheds and aquifers forever. I sure wish Congressman Grijalva could pull some strings and get the place declared a wilderness area.

For more info see this Wikipedia entry on Rosemont Copper and Save the Scenic Santa Ritas, the organization dedicated to protecting the range.

I don't think this cat would want to stick around once the mining operation were to begin. I sure wouldn't want to.

--Tom

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nice, you got the pic to post. He has green eyes! Sunlei Feb 2016 #9

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Beautful creature, amazing video. Thanks for posting! Unfortunately... royable Feb 2016 #15

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