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Mountain Lion? · Feb 8, 03:09 PM
A neighbor has just reported that one of his goats was dragged off and partly eaten a week or so ago. I’ve been a non believer in mountain lions until recently. Obviously they are moving back into this territory.
One day as I got out of my car to close the gate I noticed a large scat beside the road. It was full of hair and much larger than any I’d seen from a coyote. Since I had my camera I snapped a picture and promptly forgot about it.
Today I got it out and compared it to some other pictures I found on the web. Identification is still up in the air, but I am heading out to count the sheep. I will be looking up when I walk under the trees and looking down in soft earth for tracks. I don’t expect to actually see one, but I will be on the lookout.
The last documented mountain lion sighting in this particular area (outside of very recently) was in 1903. So it appears to me that they are moving in to the area from elsewhere.
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