RE: ok- now doves/predators.

Would you believe that 2 have been killed in urban Omaha NE over the past
year?  Games and Parks folks tried to subdue the cats with darts, but they
were ineffective for whatever reason.  This is crazy.

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From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
Behalf Of Cathy Carpenter
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 1:26 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] ok- now doves/predators.


We have plenty of coyotes here (and I am south of you, Quincy, IL) -
have even seen them in the yard in broad daylight! I understand,
courtesy of the "Illinois Steward" vol.13, no.4 (published by the U. of
IL) that because mountain lions may be overpopulated in the west, young
males may be seeking new territories, and since adult mountain lions
are capable of traveling 50 to 100 miles per day, it would take a
matter of weeks for a Colorado cougar to get to us. One was found dead
in Mercer Co. in December 2004. Mercer is just south of Rock Island Co.
on the Mississippi. If there is an overpopulation of deer, they will
come!
Cathy
On Tuesday, May 3, 2005, at 08:17 AM, Melody wrote:

> Yeah, so far the cougars haven't been a problem for humans here, but
> all
> of the sightings have been in large urban areas well populated with
> people. It is a federal crime to kill a cougar in Iowa as it is a
> protected species here, but sooner or later, if their population
> continues to expand (and there's no reason to believe it won't) some
> jackass will take it into their head to go looking for trouble, because
> as we all know...some people are just plain stupid. So far, also, no
> reports of any problems with cougars preying on livestock, which in an
> agricultural state like Iowa, where hogs and cattle are big business,
> will not be tolerated at all if it starts. Still, I imagine a species
> like coyote once started in an area would probably progagate pretty
> quickly, huh? I guess I wouldn't say there are no coyotes in
> Iowa...just
> never seen or heard one wherever I''ve lived, so I suspect there is a
> long trapping season for these animals like there is for so many other
> predator species here.
>
>
> Melody
> Hills, IA  zone 5

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