|
|
Article: Cougars, cougars everywhere: mountain lion attacks on the rise.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Sports Afield
- Article date:
- February 1, 2002
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
A CROSS-COUNTRY SKIER FATALLY mauled by a cougar in Banff National Park; a bicycle-riding Vancouver Island tugboat captain attacked in the dark while heading back to the harbor; a public park in Orange County, California, being stalked by mountain lions.
Are cougars starting to consider humans just another meal ticket? "It's a possibility," concedes Dr. Fitzhugh, wildlife enhancement specialist at the University of California. "When that new `animal'--a human--reacts in a manner that the lion recognizes as natural prey behavior--running, quick movements, excited chatter--the potential for attack increases." The 1990s were the top-ranked decade in sheer numbers of ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: RISE IN COUGAR ATTACKS MAKES FOR WILDER WEST
The Columbian;
August 6, 1998 ;
700+ words
... ... encounters," said cougar researcher Paul Beier, an associate professor at Northern Arizona University. Of the 10 fatal cougar attacks on people recorded since 1890 in the United States, half were in the past 10 years. Nonfatal attacks also are on the rise ...
|
|