By JEFF BARNARD,The Associated Press
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers are keeping a close eye on a three-year state experiment with killing cougars, and will be hearing from a scientist who has found that taking out too many can break down the big cats’ social structure, which may actually lead to more run-ins with [...]
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By Mike Nizza, NY Times
After Chicagoans got over being stunned over a cougar’s arrival and subsequent death last month, there were several basic questions, starting with: How did it get there?
This morning, The Chicago Tribune reported on initial DNA results tracing the big cat to a population in the Black Hills of South Dakota, a [...]
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(from the EN newswire) What an asinine plan.
Thursday 26 October 2006
A new government plan to save British Columbia’s threatened mountain caribou involves moving some predators and killing others. Critics say the government is scapegoating predators and a moratorium on logging plus habitat restoration in clearcut areas would do more for caribou recovery. A team of [...]
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Here in Yellowstone Country the critters are constantly making news. Buffalo, bears, and wolves, especially are constantly under attack from small-minded humans. And then there’s this whole escaped elk thing (don’t get me started on that.)
Luckily for those of us who like to read about our critter neighbors, there are a few good sites that [...]
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