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[RC] mountain lions - Dawn Simas
<<I don't know how comforting this is but if you are attacked
by a large cat the chances are very good you'll never hear or see it until it's too late.>> Marv is correct,this is often true. Two bits of advice:
1) Be alert and look around a lot. If you *do* see it, odds are you just thwarted their plan as they are ambush hunters.
2) Most attacks are survived by fighting back. Either by the attacked or a companion. Ride with someone, and/or carry a knife.
Also, Linda, to hear them purr, you'd have to be within 3-4 feet. As I was with Apache. People come here and are standing beside him along the fenceline and cannot hear it. Not that there are *not* lions in your area, as your ranger said, I suspect your critter is another animal. Lots of predators out there and they all have different sounds. Some quite large sounding and more vocal, not as shy and secretive, as a lion hiding by a tree would be. Big, deep sounds can come out of small animals, just as you wouldn't expect the little chirps to come out of a big cat like Apache.
Karla,
<<How on earth do you ever leave that rescue place? I could stay all day. >>
I never do leave, they are on my property. Work here 24/7, except for the time I have to go to my paying job...and go riding... :)
Ms. Dawn Simas
Director - Wild About Cats
Wild Feline Conservation, Education, and Rescue
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