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Off-leash dog in Colorado stumbles upon cougar cache
/in NewsOff-leash and uncontrolled dogs chasing wildlife is a problem everywhere, but recently, there have been a rash of serious incidents in Colorado. According to the Journal-Advocate, one such incident in the Gunnison area involved an off-leash dog that ran away from it’s owner, only to bump into a territorial cougar. The cougar chased the dog […]
Wolves in Idaho
/in Links, NewsFood for thought.
/in Links, NewsTop carnivores increase their kill rates on prey as a response to human-induced fear
/in ResearchSmith JA, Wang Y, Wilmers CC. (2015) Abstract: The fear induced by predators on their prey is well known to cause behavioural adjustments by prey that can ripple through food webs. Little is known, however, about the analogous impacts of humans as perceived top predators on the foraging behaviour of carnivores. Here, we investigate the […]
