Lion trapped, relocated from north Boulder neighborhood

Camera ^ | June 16, 2009 | Jean Spencer

[george76]

Catch and release is also known as job security for Jeniffer Churchill and her pals.

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[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Come on Freepers! Where are you this morning? 4 minutes up and no comments about this line yet?

Churchill said. “We wanted to give him a spanking and move him out of town.”

A story about cougars with a line about spanking and no comments yet. *sigh*

[Red in Blue PA]

Thank God they didn’t kill it for once!

[dirtboy]

He is part of the five-year Front Range Mountain Lion Study, which aims to track mountain lions between Lyons and Evergreen to better understand cougar movement trends and develop a way to mitigate aggressive behavior near human establishments

When I lived near Evergreen, my preferred method would have involved Mr. Mossberg.

[george76]

Catch and Release is for trout not mountain lions

ht xenia st

[Inyo-Mono]

PING!

[Uri’el-2012]

XS>Catch and Release is for trout not mountain lions

ht xenia st

LOL

[AFPhys]

” ... develop a way to mitigate aggressive behavior near human establishments, ...”

Someone needs to go back a hundred years and figure out how they managed to keep these cats away. I suggest that they arm everyone in these areas with a shotgun and snap off a couple rounds anytime they see one of them. I bet they would become rather scarce very quickly.

[jazusamo]

Catch and Release is for trout not mountain lions

Especially this one. It's sad that Jennifer and the DOW are more interested in job security than protecting both people and domestic animals.

It's pretty clear this one was born and raised by it's mother in the midst of man and has no fear of us.

It's either a zoo for it or a bullet, it's only a matter of time and it should be sooner rather than later, more tabbies and muffins would be saved.

Thanks for the ping, I-M.

[Dritz_Princess]

LOL, I ain’t going there.

[Constitution Day]

A young mountain lion was trapped and relocated by the Colorado Division of Wildlife after eating a house cat Monday...

Hey, mountain lions have to eat too!

As a side benefit, there's one less cat some irresponsible owner left running loose.

[Leg Olam]

‘to better understand cougar movement trends and develop a way to mitigate aggressive behavior ‘

In my experience they tend to congregate at piano bars and after they have captured prey drag it back to a gated community. The only way to mitigate their aggressive behavior is to act gay but sometimes even that dosen’t work.

[Daffynition]

[Travis T. OJustice]

Like I taught my kids, everything is basically food for something else, and unwatched housecats left to run loose & free are like low hanging fruit for predators.

If you don’t want your cat to be kitty food for a big kitties, don’t let it run wild.

[Constitution Day]

ROFL!!

[mnehring]

If you don’t want your cat to be kitty food for a big kitties, don’t let it run wild.

A couple of years ago, our neighbors watched in horror as a hawk snatched their six month old Persian kitten right from their back yard in front of them.

[Constitution Day]

Precisely.

I wonder what kind of illogic you know who would use to argue that the mountain lions carry diseases and don't belong there (much like the native birds she wants the non-native house cats to wipe out).

[RichInOC]

I CAN HAS CHEEZKITTEH?

[HighlyOpinionated]

In an attempt to scare the young cougar away from residential areas, officials shot him with non-lethal bean bags and buck shots upon release, Churchill said.

That's what they meant by "spanking" but they could not have used BUCKSHOT, it would have killed him. They mean BIRDSHOT. People who are afraid of guns are clueless.

[Travis T. OJustice]

Sad for them, great for the hawk.

One of my favorite parts of early morning fishing is seeing a bald eagle or osprey catch a fish. It’s a little different when it’s a cat, i’m sure.