Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Never, ever, believe that animals are just "automations, doing everything based on reflex or inherent "wiring"............Like us, thinking, feeling and problem solving creatures they are...........The Griz in this video is all the evidence you need to know about how our fellow creatures can enjoy the lazy days of Summer the same way we can and do

›
...
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Love to hear about reintroduced Elk in Wisconsin, a state that has a Wolf population as well..........Restoring the historical predator/prey matrix across North America is always fun to hear about ........In Kentucky where a reintroduced Elk herd is thriving, there are no Wolves and Pumas, with adverse long term biological imbalances sure to impact the woods and meadows there..........Would love to see Elk back across the Midwest and Eastern states with a simultaneous infusion of the historical carnivore matrix of Wolves, Bears and Pumas right there besides them, all interacting in the "dance of life"

›
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/3824135-second-wisconsin-elk-herd-now-roaming-free...
Monday, August 24, 2015

If you check out what most Puma Advocacy Groups have to say about the management of Pumas in Utah, you will find that the state has had one of the most hostile killing policies in the lower 48.............330 Pumas were killed by hunters(most treed by hunting dogs and then shot at point blank range ).............Additionally galling is that the Utah Game Commission has no real idea of how many Cats exist in the state.........Like British Columbia's misguided Wolf killing paradigm to save Caribou, Utah wants to kill Pumas to save Bighorn sheep and Mule Deer..................Of course, our human manipulation of the environment that has made it easier for Pumas to kill these ungulates is never mentioned when formulating this genocidal plan..............We human animals cite the old and new testaments(by the way, written by men, not a diety) as text allowing us to "ride dominion over all of natures creations".................Wow, talk about us being led by Blind faith and not being good critical thinkers and going about our merry way fouling our nests...................Utah is not the only wrong doer.................All of us would be found guilty of transgressions against wildlife if in fact there was in fact a higher power giving out "traffic tickets"

›
http://www.standard.net/Environment/2015/08/20/Cougar-plan-causes-uproar-among-conservationists.html Cougar  plan  causes uproar  ...

Like N.J., N.Y. Pennsylvania, Vermont and New Hampshire, it is almost miraculous that Ohio has a remnant Timber Rattlesnake population...........With so many land manipulations and hiking trails and human presence, even the regrown woodlands of the southeastern section of the Buckeye State would seem to have shed all historical nooks and crannies where the snakes would feel safe from predators.............But in fact at least three localions(Shawnee and Vinton Furnace State Forests and the Tar Hollow State Park) have breeding populations.............Trying to balance the need to least disturb the snakes while monitoring their health has the husband/wife biologist team of Denis Case and Rita Apanius bumping heads with The Ohio Wildlife folks.................I am for the monitoring as long as least disturbance with the Rattlers, truly on the precipice of disappearing from our eastern woodlands

›
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.chillicothegazette.com/story/news/local/2015/08/22/tracking-protecting-timber-r...
Sunday, August 23, 2015

THE FRONT RANGE PUMA STUDY in Colorado is about to enter it's 9th and final year in 2016.............Preliminary population estimates from Researchers there indicate that there are some 3 adult "Cats" per 100 square miles, within the norm for what most biologists consider a healthy population........Usually, 1 adult male will "master this territory with 3 adult females carving independent ranges within this matrixs..........While ungulates like Elk and deer are Puma dietary staples, it has been determined that in Colorado, those Pumas living close to human settlements also dine on raccoons, turkeys, skunks, dogs and cats---these other animals making up as much as 20% of Puma weekly diet..............Human caused mortality of Pumas(roads and gunning down those that kill livestock and pets) account for 50% of Puma deaths..............If we could somehow take steps to coexist with the Cats, their numbers would be more stable and it is probable that their negative interactions with us would drop drastically as a mature population would learn that human habitation does not offer any benefits to their livelihood...............See the Large Carnivore Lab studies that reinforce the fact that killing adult Pumas leads to more adverse interactions with us--- go to link https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCMQFjAAahUKEwj784vNg8HHAhUC04AKHUYdCxs&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcahnrs.wsu.edu%2Fsoe%2Ffacilities%2Fcarnivore%2F&ei=J7HaVbvEBoKmgwTGuqzYAQ&usg=AFQjCNE4g7SU_v4y9nPX1n8Uqkp-KKKEFQ

›
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB4QFjAAahUKEwiS1tXe_MDH...