We here on this Island are witnessing the extermination of the most beautiful cats on this planet.
The Mountain Lion

The other day not far from where I live. About 2 miles a lady was not using her head. 5:30 am she takes a walk alone down the galloping goose trail and a cougar comes out. It started to charge at her.
She turned and fled.
The cat stopped and went about it's business

The cat was hunted down and shot no questions asked. Then the authorities deemed they did not have the right cat so they shot another.

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Cougar+killed+after+chasing+woman+popular+Vancouver+Island+trail/9900263/story.html


this happens far too much. Instead of drugging the cat and relocating the authorities just kill them straight out.
This Island is a wilderness which is slowly but surely seeing the wildlife stripped from its habitat because of human intervention.
Housing and new building have seen these beautiful cats having to come into Victoria to get food. I have heard of sightings about 400 yard from where I live in this city. Peoples backyards. They are hungry

We here are flipping out but they are just not listening.

Please speak up and send the a note to Vancouver Island wildlife Authorities and let them know how you feel.

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/cos/info/wildlife_human_interaction/docs/cougars.html
There is a contact us here


Drug them, take them into the mountains but do not shoot them over human incompetence.

This is taking place every couple of months that we know of.



I was hitch hiking down the road by Lund BC which is just north of Powell river.
I heard some noise coming from the bushes as I walked down the highway.
Low and behold a female cougar walked out and saw me. I just stopped and wondered if I was going to be dead in a minute.
Nothing of the sort. She looked back and gave an all clear to three beautiful kits.
They just walked down the road and passed me by with no concern that I was there.
Ever since then I have known that it is humans who are the real danger.

I could live 1000 years and not see one. I consider myself lucky to have seen one let alone 4.


God bless the innocent. God bless our wildlife. The real caretakers of this planet

Michael Miles

Team New Mexico

My Step sister lives in Sidney, Victoria.




Sidney is a very pretty little sea side town with a lot of History.

She would know exactly what I'm talking about.
These cougars are being shot for nothing more then to save money.
It cost much more to relocate them then to just put a bullet in them.

Just a shame.....


Michael Miles
Team New Mexico

Again?

I wasn't paying attention to his threads this time.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

We here on this Island are witnessing the extermination of the most beautiful cats on this planet.
The Mountain Lion

The other day not far from where I live. About 2 miles a lady was not using her head. 5:30 am she takes a walk alone down the galloping goose trail and a cougar comes out. It started to charge at her.
She turned and fled.
The cat stopped and went about it's business

The cat was hunted down and shot no questions asked. Then the authorities deemed they did not have the right cat so they shot another.

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Cougar+killed+after+chasing+woman+popular+Vancouver+Island+trail/9900263/story.html

Please speak up and send the a note to Vancouver Island wildlife Authorities and let them know how you feel.

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/cos/info/wildlife_human_interaction/docs/cougars.html
There is a contact us here


Drug them, take them into the mountains but do not shoot them over human incompetence.

This is taking place every couple of months that we know of.

I was hitch hiking down the road by Lund BC which is just north of Powell river.
I heard some noise coming from the bushes as I walked down the highway.
Low and behold a female cougar walked out and saw me. I just stopped and wondered if I was going to be dead in a minute.
Nothing of the sort. She looked back and gave an all clear to three beautiful kits.
They just walked down the road and passed me by with no concern that I was there.
Ever since then I have known that it is humans who are the real danger.

I could live 1000 years and not see one. I consider myself lucky to have seen one let alone 4.


God bless the innocent. God bless our wildlife. The real caretakers of this planet

Michael Miles

Team New Mexico

:( So sad reading this news! Have made your links clickable. Thank you for sharing your knowledge of this Michael. Have done as you asked and expressed my opposition to the way these truly beautiful cats are being treated.

Cornering our wildlife into ever smaller habitats comes at a great cost - it should not be the animal that pays for it.

I added my voice to this too Annie.

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I added my voice to this too Annie.

:)

My daughter is planning to pop a link to it on her facebook page. I hope our voices can make a difference.

My daughter is planning to pop a link to it on her facebook page. I hope our voices can make a difference.




Excellent. This MUST stop.
They are just too beautiful to be treated this way.

All it takes is enough pissed off people to make a huge difference.

There was another sighting about 400 yards from my house last week and I have seen animal control around here and helicopters flying low searching for it.
Same place as another sighting weeks before this.

Just disgusting to see happen.

Michael

:( So sad reading this news! Have made your links clickable

Thanks very much buddy.

Kitten travels 30 miles in engine compartment
Posted: Jun 30, 2014 3:21 PM CST Updated: Jul 01, 2014 4:04 PM CST



SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) - A San Francisco Bay Area man had an unexpected passenger in his car during the 30-mile trip to his parents' house: a small, stray kitten that had somehow found a place to ride in the engine compartment.

Jim Michelotti (My-koh-la-TEE) says he heard meowing after pulling into a gas station on Saturday. A woman next to him said it was coming from his 1993 Mitsubishi Diamante, so he began checking around.

With the help of a flashlight, Michelotti found the black kitten on a bar between the engine and firewall, just inches from the ground. The cat was greasy and scared, but otherwise OK.

It had apparently ridden from Michelotti's home in the Silicon Valley city of Sunnyvale.

Michelotti says the cat appears to be abandoned.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Reminds me of the first part of how Loki came to my wife and I. Some friends of my mother-in-law found him in their engine compartment at the end of a trip home -- thankfully unharmed.

They looked after him for a while, but he was a kitten, and too rambunctious for them. He was going to be turned over to the local Animal Control, but we agreed to take him on to keep him from that. We had to have him neutered, vetted, almost everything. But he has turned out to be an awesome cat. Playful, affectionate, mischievous, and full of personality.

And because we took on Loki, we decided to get another kitten for him to play with ... and things progressed from there!

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