[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

When I was a airbase patrol man we had a terrible Mule deer problem; over breeding; over grazing; and several nearly road-kill'd cripples limping around from the nearby freeway ...just awful. they were a constant hazard to auto traffic. A lot of deer we recognized and actually had names! Then a cougar came into the base. Had we called Fish and Game they would have darted the animal and that's been fatal in the past, so, taking a page from Master and Commander: "the lesser of two weevils", we kept mum; alerted the the Coast Guard families living in the base housing to 'keep the kids close" and after a month or so... a very reduced deer problem and the Puma moved on having done the job it was designed for.

I submit: Cougar Trap is now 2000 miles west of Neal and 30 miles south of my previous encounter zone; in the heart of San Francisco... https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/...d-15353658.php
If there are no mule deer are to be had a marsupial at the zoo will do nicely

The three marsupials were part of the zoo’s popular Australian WalkAbout exhibit, a large enclosure along the northern edge of the zoo immediately adjacent to Sloat Boulevard and to the perimeter fence separating the zoo grounds from the outside.


Zoo veterinarians performed necropsies on the three animals and confirmed that they were “killed by a predator attack.” Chan said they had been bitten. The zoo, Chan said, “ took steps to prevent any further loss” but she did not say what the steps were.
“With the unusual sighting and capture of a young mountain lion in San Francisco this week, the zoo is investigating whether this could be the perpetrator,” Chan said.

the ferocious cat was captured safely without darting and returned to a more suitable habitat! The puma, a 15-month-old male, was taken to the Oakland Zoo where a veterinary team deemed him healthy for release back into the wild. The animal weighed in at 68 pounds, according to the zoo.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife released the mountain lion in an open preserve Friday, zoo officials said.