Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Wildlife

Baby mountain lions photo from Wikipedia
This morning I was driving into work, and I saw three helicopters hovering, stationary, over the downtown Santa Monica area.

According to the radio, a mountain lion is trapped in a courtyard of a commercial building in the 1200 block of Second Street.

Fish and Game are on the scene to tranquilize it and transport it back to the mountains. It's a young lion, probably an adolescent. Just coming into town to hang out on the Promenade, I guess. Maybe going to the Apple Store?

SAD UPDATE:
They killed it. 

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10 comments:

  1. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©May 22, 2012 at 12:49 PM

    That is sad. Very sad.

    I have some happy baby ducks, though.
    ~

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  2. AnonymousMay 22, 2012 at 1:22 PM

    We keep encroaching and the wild animals try to adapt ( to their periI I'm afraid). Glad the animals don't have guns. Wonder why they didn't shoot with a tranquilizer and relocate The poor thing?
    Interesting place you live; beautiful landscapes, drugs and wild animals. Definetly not that way here in Northern Indiana.

    ALBUG

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  3. M. BouffantMay 22, 2012 at 2:17 PM

    Murderers!

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  4. LyndaMay 22, 2012 at 3:21 PM

    Oh Damn. Sometimes I just hate humans. :(

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  5. CassiMay 22, 2012 at 3:36 PM

    Wow --why would they kill it instead of tranquilizing it?!

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  6. BrigetMay 22, 2012 at 4:17 PM

    Humans are so f*cking stupid. I suppose they did it because it was expedient; cheaper; take your pick. I'm disgusted.

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  7. GlennisMay 22, 2012 at 5:43 PM

    If you read the linked story, they attempted to tranquilize it but it didn't work. They killed it because it was trying to get out of the courtyard. The area is a very urban block downtown with pedestrians and retail stores and businesses and traffic - if it had gotten loose it would have been very difficult to catch and might have run into traffic.

    I am sad they killed it, too - at 90 pounds, you'd think they could have managed to subdue it like a large dog.

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  8. Karen (formerly kcinnova)May 23, 2012 at 10:25 AM

    So sad that it ended badly. Firing water hoses at it? That was supposed to subdue it?!? Nets, better tranquilizers, calm heads would have helped.
    Of course, I have never met a mountain lion in the wild or in the city. It surely would have been disaster if she had gotten loose.

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  9. Big Bad Bald BastardMay 23, 2012 at 4:29 PM

    What a sad end to the story. Occasionally, we'll have a black bear wander downstate, and coyotes have established themselves, but a cougar is quite another thing entirely.

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  10. cactus petuniaMay 24, 2012 at 1:33 AM

    Some days I'm embarrassed to be associated with the human race.

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