I'm NOT talking Yellow LABS either!!! VBG
If you like the "wilderness" and have ever thought about buying or renting a place
'out in the wilds', this book is for you!!
This book is about the development of Boulder, CO (but would apply to any wilderness area).
Humans and Cougars 'sharing' habitat, and what happens when the kitties are no longer 'afraid' of man. First go the cats, then the dogs......then the ....well, you know.
It's really good. It talks about living 'with' each other.
I learned a LOT of interesting tidbits.
For example, food 'tastes' are learned. So, if the cougar cubs are 'raised' on Fido,
that's what they 'prefer'. Very interesting!
Yes, it's true that as the deer population grows and spreads we might see more and more Cougars in the Midwest. This book was published in 2004 and it lists sightings (or cats hit by cars) in Western Iowa in 2001, Kansas - 2001, St. Louis - 2000, MN - 2002.
I love one of the quotes in the book.....by Doug Peacock,
"It ain't wilderness....unless there's a critter out there that can kill and eat you."
I guess that makes our camping 'venues' pretty darn 'tame'.
Well, I guess I'll have a more difficult time now convincing Bill that Montana is the place to BE!
.JPG)
2 comments:
So Marion isn't wilderness??? I have Sophie and Rylee just down the street (kinda) - does that count? LOL
So camping in the poultry barn at Ft. Dodge doesn't count either? There was a li'l cougar prowling around in there . . . meow.
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