California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials successfully relocated a cougar from a San Mateo neighborhood back to the wild. http://patch.com/california/sanbruno/san-mateo-mountain-lion-released-back-wild
Rapid encroachment by human development together with climate change has made life even harder for ungulate populations. There are struggling herds in many areas, especially in the western united states where ungulates still share the landscape with natural predators. We have come to expect, although not agree with, the degree of palliative removal of predators […]
HB 352 – Amends the Wildlife Code & removes the prohibition on taking bobcats in the State. Bobcats in Illinois need you! Please OPPOSE HB 352! As members of our Cougar Fund Family, you have shown your dedication to wild animals in the past by using our Action Alerts to contact lawmakers on the brink of enacting […]
http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Mountain-Lion-Spotted-A-302835431.html The Cougar Fund has been reaching out to all the players in the tragic events that developed outside the Project Harmony building in Omaha, Nebraska yesterday. In case you are new to the situation, here is a little background. Nebraska is home to a very small population of resident, reproducing mountain lions. This population is […]
No one would ever question that public safety is the priority of everyone involved when a large wild carnivore finds itself in inappropriate developed surroundings. Public safety can still be maintained by establishing a perimeter-including armed responders- who can rapidly mitigate the anticipated attempt to escape by a mountain lion as a tranquilizer begins to work. The […]