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passiveporcupine

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28. Wow...you had a neighbor killed by a mountain lion?

Thu May 5, 2016, 05:29 PM

May 2016

Eeek. I was having so many scary thoughts like that last night in bed, after watching videos yesterday, that I had trouble getting to sleep.

We've never had a human attack out here by anything, but about ten years ago a bear killed a llama. And the wildlife people killed the bear.

I know the bear and cub who were out here were killed by local orchardists. I heard the gunshots and never saw them again. Bears do a lot of damage to fruit trees. They literally rip branches off and break down young trees to get to the fruit.

I've been followed by a mountain lion once when hiking with my dogs, and I had a neighbor who went down to her barn and opened the sliding door to find a mountain lion inside eating the carcass of a feral cat. She slammed the door shut and ran back to her house with her little dog...a very unwise thing to do with a mountain lion or any large predator. You never run from them.

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I love wildlife, but... [View all] passiveporcupine May 2016 OP

Check with your local wildlife management government office. They may offer underahedgerow May 2016 #1

They won't do that out here. They will just say have someone shoot them. passiveporcupine May 2016 #2

How much $$ do you want to spend? Cheap electric tape hooked to a solar powered source riderinthestorm May 2016 #3

Thanks for the suggestion passiveporcupine May 2016 #5

I use a BB gun NV Whino May 2016 #4

If I could afford it, I'd get a paintball gun and do some target practice passiveporcupine May 2016 #6

Try this NV Whino May 2016 #7

This looks interesting. They don't show coyotes, but they do show dogs and foxes passiveporcupine May 2016 #8

Why can't you keep your cats indoors? XemaSab May 2016 #9

Notice they are "working cats" as well as pets. Aka, rural area. moriah May 2016 #10

I'm wanting to hear more about this. Aerows May 2016 #13

This cat activist explains it... moriah May 2016 #14

Outdoor enclosures for cats are the solution. hamsterjill May 2016 #18

You know that unconfined, a rural domestic cat may have a "territory"... moriah May 2016 #23

I understand that. hamsterjill May 2016 #26

Good on you. :) moriah May 2016 #33

I'm not suggesting that there is anything wrong here. hamsterjill May 2016 #34

Zema Sabini? Aerows May 2016 #12

I love wild life. Aerows May 2016 #11

I have occassional raccoons here too, but not as many as when I first moved in. passiveporcupine May 2016 #15

I'm very sorry to hear about the loss of you "Angel" red dog 1 May 2016 #16

thank you red dog passiveporcupine May 2016 #17

If it were me, I'd put a "Full Block" on the DUer that sent you an angry PM red dog 1 May 2016 #19

Yes, I've been keeping her in, and she's letting me know about it. passiveporcupine May 2016 #20

Do you have a "scratch post" for you cats? red dog 1 May 2016 #21

My whole house is a scratch post for cats. passiveporcupine May 2016 #22

Thanks for the link, but that 21 dollar gun is a BB gun passiveporcupine May 2016 #25

I don't know what kind of windows you have in your home. hamsterjill May 2016 #27

thanks sweetie passiveporcupine May 2016 #29

Does your State have a Game and Fish Commission/officials who could... moriah May 2016 #24

Wow...you had a neighbor killed by a mountain lion? passiveporcupine May 2016 #28

They wouldn't officially admit it was a mountain lion because allegedly none were in AR moriah May 2016 #31

why let your cats outside ??? trueblue2007 May 2016 #30

Not even strenuous effort to keep a cat inside can prevent a tragedy. moriah May 2016 #32

i AM compassionate!!! I said i was sorry for her loss. Can't you read? trueblue2007 May 2016 #36

Thanks for the link to the catios. Some of those are really cool. passiveporcupine May 2016 #35

So sorry TuxedoKat May 2016 #37

thanks Tux passiveporcupine May 2016 #38