Mountain Lion

Gavin Newsom Takes Out His Claws Against Cougar Killer

Aaron Sankin | Posted 03.02.2012

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California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom is just one in a growing chorus of voices calling for the resignation of state Fish & Game Commission Pres...

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WATCH: Dog Chases Mountain Lion Into A Tree

Carly Schwartz | Posted 04.23.2012

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Sure, they can be ferocious predators, but sometimes a mountain lion appears as docile as a common house cat. The latter happened in the Los Altos ...

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Apple Has A Social Friend -- And It's Not Facebook

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 02.16.2012

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Apple's Mountain Lion doesn't roar. It tweets. The preview of Apple's forthcoming desktop software, OS X Mountain Lion, underscores the tech giant'...

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LOOK: Apple Unveils New Instant Message App

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 02.16.2012

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One of the new features unveiled Thursday in Apple's surprise unveiling of OS X Mountain Lion -- the next incarnation of Apple's desktop operating sys...

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6-Year-Old Boy Attacked By Mountain Lion In Texas

AP | Posted 02.08.2012

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BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas -- Officials at Big Bend National Park in West Texas are looking for a mountain lion that attacked and injured a 6-year-...

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Emmy Rossum Got Angry At A Mountain Lion

Posted 03.03.2012

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Emmy Rossum is pretty pleased that she has a pool, as they're not easy to come by in Manhattan. She even has a lovely view of a clearing and cypress t...

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An Opossum Encounter In Shaw; 'Cougar' Report At Glover Park Apartment

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 11.21.2011

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WASHINGTON -- There have been more reminders that nature is not a stranger to the District of Columbia. Monday morning, neighborhood blog Prince of Pe...

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Mountain Lion Allegedly Spotted In D.C. Near Fannie Mae HQ

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 12.27.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A mountain lion was allegedly sighted last week in the northern end of Glover-Archbold Park, according to a posting on Cleveland Park's ...

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Mountain Lion Tranquilized Near CU Boulder Dorm

Posted 12.06.2011

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A mountain lion, that witnesses say was approximately 4 feet long, was found and tranquilized on the University of Colorado Boulder campus, Wednesday ...

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Lessons From the Lions, Bobcats and Sea Turtles in Our Backyards

Wallace J Nichols | Posted 11.29.2011

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GPS tracking efforts suggest mountain lions find the hills around our home very appealing. We live in a puma hotspot, you might say.

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10-Year-Old Boy Escapes Clash With Mountain Lion

AP | JESSIE L. BONNER | Posted 11.23.2011

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BOISE, Idaho — A 10-year-old Idaho boy who came face-to-face with a mountain lion in rural Boise County escaped with minor scratches – and...

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PHOTOS: The Most Dangerous NorCal Predators

Robin Wilkey | Posted 09.26.2011

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At 7 p.m. Monday night, sheep and goats grazed peacefully off of Purisima Creek Road near Half Moon Bay. By 7 a.m. on Tuesday morning, remains of the ...

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Wild Cougar Confirmed in Connecticut

David Mizejewski | Posted 09.25.2011

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Each year, dozens of reports come in from people who believe they have seen large, tawny colored cats in states where no such animals are officially documented. What are the animals that so many people claim to be seeing?

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Mountain Lion Killed In Connecticut Started Journey In South Dakota

New Rochelle, NY Patch | Michael Dinan | Posted 09.25.2011

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In what's being called the longest journey a mountain lion has ever taken in the United States, a cougar killed in Milford, CT, six weeks ago--believe...

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"Oh, Henry"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 08.15.2011

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Over the years in my humble and frequently fur-flown household, I have been surrounded by women: one wife, two daughters and various animals. The pet...

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Family Comes Face-To-Face With Mountain Lion In Garage

AP | Posted 07.25.2011

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HESPERIA, Calif. -- A California father of five rooting around his garage for what he thought was a raccoon or other small critter was suddenly face-t...

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Mountain Lion Spotted In Urban Englewood

KMGH Channel 7 | Alan Gathright | Posted 05.25.2011

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- There were several confirmed sightings of a mountain lion in urban Englewood Tuesday, police said. The big cat was first report...

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Mountain Lion Spotted In Pacific Palisades Neighborhood

KTLA | KTLA News | Posted 05.25.2011

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PACIFIC PALISADES -- Residents in the Pacific Palisades are on edge after a 250 pound mountain lion was spotted in a neighborhood off Sunset Boulevard...

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Mountain Lion Kills Dog, Threatens Family Inside Salida Home

Colorado Springs Gazette | Posted 05.25.2011

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A hungry young mountain lion entered a Chaffee County home Thursday afternoon, killing a dog and briefly trapping a mother and her two children inside...

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Colorado State Veterinary Students Get Plague After Examining Dead Cougar

The Coloradoan | Posted 05.25.2011

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CSU veterinary experts revised their necropsy procedures after several students and staff were inadvertently exposed to plague by a dead mountain lion...

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Mountain Lion Tranquilized At Colorado Elementary School (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Colorado wildlife officials tranquilized a male mountain lion at a Boulder, Colorado elementary school Wednesday. The big cat was shot with a dart in...

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Cougar Kills 150-Pound Dog In Gypsum

Vail Daily News | Derek Franz | Posted 05.25.2011

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GYPSUM, Colorado -- Tara Haymond woke up at 2 a.m. Sunday to the sound of Bubba, her 150-pound Great Pyrenees dog, crying. "I thought I better tell h...

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Mountain Lion Shot At Durango School

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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DURANGO, Colo. (AP) ―Colorado wildlife officers have shot and killed a mountain lion that wandered onto the grounds of a downtown Durango elementary...

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Hero Dog Saves Hiking Owners From Mountain Lion (VIDEO)

Fox News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hoagie the mixed lab defended his owners from a mountain lion when they were all hiking in the Santa Ana Mountains in California. The dog fought of...

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