And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Interesting to see these cougar images. They have shown up in Eastern Ontario (Canada) in recent years. The Ontario MNR denied that they were back until they started showing up on trail cameras. They are back, and just West of Ottawa. Steve_in_Ottawa
My experience with the 'experts' (biologists from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife) is that they're not the experts they'd like you to believe. Most of the time they're winging it, guided by science that is agenda driven by the environmentalists that run their department.
I think you are bang on there Elmo. Ontario MNR denied this for years....and now they are doing pretty much the same thing with wild hogs which have started to show up in Southern and Eastern Ontario but they will not open a hunting season for any number of poor reasons. Steve_in_Ottawa
They aren't always b.s.ing. DFG and the local universities in CA GPS-tagged about fifty cats for nearly a decade in the Santa Monica Mountains, in the heart of L.A. County with city and suburbs on three sides, and geo-tracked their habits and movements.
They've recently started releasing the results.
That's actual useable data, not "winging it".
That doesn't mean they don't b.s., just that they don't always b.s.
And what they will find is that the number of big cats in California is beyond the carrying capacity of the land mass which they're attempting to live on. That's a 'data point' that they will never release or even admit to. That's why Fido and Fluffy seem to mysteriously disappear when they live in big cat territory, which is literally everywhere in California, thanks to the city people that think "They're such beautiful creatures", not apex predators.
BTW, Aesop. It's not DFG anymore, it's DFW. That's because Arnold took the 'game' out of the agency at the same time he turned Wardens into 'Conservation Officers'. No agenda there, is there?
My experience with "experts" in any line of work is that they're regular dumbfucks like the rest of us, but are more full of crap because they've had "some training." Plus they can't think on their feet.
And the cats have never been endangered, and the land is beyond the carrying capacity already.
Which is about 25% people moving into cat territory, and 75% too many cougars for the land available.
Small hunts in all regions would fix that in about one season, but the people who think they're too cute to shoot aren't the ones donating a cat or dog a week (let alone cattle, or small children) to feed the current population.
Personally, I'd start trapping them, and wolves, and setting them loose in high-crime/gang neighborhoods. Curfew would become sundown, by default.
I think it's fake. Notice the lack of lighting EVERYWHERE, except the cat and immediate area....superbly detailed tho. Not a flash, lighting is coming from the cat's left.
Kitteh !!!
ReplyDeleteInteresting to see these cougar images. They have shown up in Eastern Ontario (Canada) in recent years. The Ontario MNR denied that they were back until they started showing up on trail cameras. They are back, and just West of Ottawa. Steve_in_Ottawa
ReplyDeleteMy experience with the 'experts' (biologists from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife) is that they're not the experts they'd like you to believe. Most of the time they're winging it, guided by science that is agenda driven by the environmentalists that run their department.
DeleteI think you are bang on there Elmo. Ontario MNR denied this for years....and now they are doing pretty much the same thing with wild hogs which have started to show up in Southern and Eastern Ontario but they will not open a hunting season for any number of poor reasons. Steve_in_Ottawa
DeleteThey aren't always b.s.ing.
DeleteDFG and the local universities in CA GPS-tagged about fifty cats for nearly a decade in the Santa Monica Mountains, in the heart of L.A. County with city and suburbs on three sides, and geo-tracked their habits and movements.
They've recently started releasing the results.
That's actual useable data, not "winging it".
That doesn't mean they don't b.s., just that they don't always b.s.
And what they will find is that the number of big cats in California is beyond the carrying capacity of the land mass which they're attempting to live on. That's a 'data point' that they will never release or even admit to. That's why Fido and Fluffy seem to mysteriously disappear when they live in big cat territory, which is literally everywhere in California, thanks to the city people that think "They're such beautiful creatures", not apex predators.
DeleteBTW, Aesop. It's not DFG anymore, it's DFW. That's because Arnold took the 'game' out of the agency at the same time he turned Wardens into 'Conservation Officers'. No agenda there, is there?
My experience with "experts" in any line of work is that they're regular dumbfucks like the rest of us, but are more full of crap because they've had "some training." Plus they can't think on their feet.
DeleteSpelling error: Not expert but ex-spurt - a drip under pressure
Delete@Elmo:
DeleteCorrection noted.
And the cats have never been endangered, and the land is beyond the carrying capacity already.
Which is about 25% people moving into cat territory, and 75% too many cougars for the land available.
Small hunts in all regions would fix that in about one season, but the people who think they're too cute to shoot aren't the ones donating a cat or dog a week (let alone cattle, or small children) to feed the current population.
Personally, I'd start trapping them, and wolves, and setting them loose in high-crime/gang neighborhoods. Curfew would become sundown, by default.
Who's the predator now, gang bangers? :)
A cuddly kitty
ReplyDeleteI'm believing that's a trail camera shot, because of the fact that the owner if the camera ain't ded
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's a trail cam he's looking at. If it was a human, his ears would be back and he'd be displaying his pretty teeth.
DeleteI think it's fake. Notice the lack of lighting EVERYWHERE, except the cat and immediate area....superbly detailed tho. Not a flash, lighting is coming from the cat's left.
ReplyDeleteSunset or sunrise light. Not fake.
DeleteAnother winning entry in the coffee table book, CW's Cat Pics.
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