Would You Support Pumas Released Back To NC?

[CameronBornAndBred]

We have mountain lions in SoCal. The ones who kill people are not spotted in advance.

I now have Advance on my list of places not to live.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance,_California

[BD80]

I support the release of pumas in Washington DC, as long as Congress is in session. The same for the capital of each state.

[MartyClark]

We have a good number of mountain lions in Colorado. As someone mentioned earlier with regard to California, mountain lions are often seen in bedroom communities in the Denver metro area, especially near the foothills.

Probably 30 years ago, a high school student was killed by a mountain lion in Glenwood Springs while jogging. About 25 years ago one of my nephew's friends was killed by a mountain lion (although it is a bit unclear as to whether the young boy may have died of fright or aspiration of vomit during the encounter) on the western border of Rocky Mountain National Park.

I do a lot of hiking and have never seen a mountain lion. I suspect that many have seen me.

One of my friends was running in Waterton Canyon on the outskirts of metro Denver. It's an old railroad grade that is now a hiking/biking trail. He rounded a corner and encountered a mountain lion crouching over a freshly killed deer. It was a snowy day and no other humans were around. He slowly backed down the trail and the mountain lion was content with the deer.

I'd need to see more facts about the reintroduction of pumas in Carolina but I'd venture a qualified "yes" at this point.

[YmoBeThere]

I have a couple mini black panthers and another(not mine) which roams my yard.

[budwom]

Pumas/cougars/catamounts/mountain lions do make occasional incursions into Eastern states. A few years ago one was hit by a car in Connecticut. I know several people who
have seen them in Vermont, but it's rare enough to doubt if there is any local population.

what's kind of funny is that our otherwise rather progressive Fish and Wildlife Dept (aka Moose and Squirrel Dept) does not want to hear about cougars, I think they fear it'll be another population they have to manage along with deer, moose, etc. A few years ago a hunter saw one and actually picked up its poop, which was verified as cougar poop...but the state insisted it must have escaped from
a private facility or something...(pretty nonsensical).

[left_hook_lacey]

Am I the only one who thought this?

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No. My first thought was to say I was more of a British Knights or K-swiss supporter, and would love to focus conservation efforts on those two instead of Puma. Alas, decided not to take the thread off-topic, but, now that I see I wasn't the only one, release the hounds!!!

[PackMan97]

I need to know how this will affect Red Wolves before I make a decision.

[budwom]

I need to know how this will affect Red Wolves before I make a decision.

saw one of those once, unfortunately he was dead on the side of the road...

[jimsumner]

I wish mine was a sighting. But it was an audible experience, very close, and if running down a mountain through thick laurel was an Olympic event, I qualified over my hiking friend by .02 seconds. Still to this day the most scared I've ever been, and that includes getting mugged in DC.

Remember, you don't have to outrun the puma. You just have to outrun your friend.

[Devilwin]

I need to know how this will affect Red Wolves before I make a decision.

I don't think Alligator River Refuge is on the sites being looked at for the eastern releases. But confrontation could happen in the future. Since red wolf packs number four to eight individuals, chances are the cougar would give ground. A single wolf would, however, be no match for a puma.

[lotusland]

Carolina Panthers? Impossible!

[rasputin]

When I quickly read the topic for this thread, I thought it said, "Would You Support Puns Released Back to NC?"

[BD80]

When I quickly read the topic for this thread, I thought it said, "Would You Support Puns Released Back to NC?"

When were nuns banned from NC?

[rasputin]

When were nuns banned from NC?

I'm not in the habit of responding to such posts.

[IrishDevil]

I'm not in the habit of responding to such posts.

Uh-oh. If we don't impose some order swiftly, non-punners are going to get crabb(e)y

[CameronBornAndBred]

I'm not in the habit of responding to such posts.

When were nuns banned from NC?

Uh-oh. If we don't impose some order swiftly, non-punners are going to get crabb(e)y

When I quickly read the topic for this thread, I thought it said, "Would You Support Puns Released Back to NC?"

This is exactly why puns need to remain in captivity on the DBR. The rest of the state isn't prepared to handle the crisis that would follow.

[rasputin]

This is exactly why puns need to remain in captivity on the DBR. The rest of the state isn't prepared to handle the crisis that would follow.

Kudzu?

[nmduke2001]

Nothing to see here; just a mountain lion living in a very public park.

http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-m...mountain-lion/