Fargin Bastich Cougar
Die Cougar, die. You are mine. [img]graemlins/gunsarecool.gif[/img] Sneaky little (actually large as his prints were about 4" across) bastich comes right on up into our barn here at the Totally Useless Animal Sanctuary (Bev's Bleeding Heart Animal Farm). So Bev goes out in the morning to feed her pet sheep (Paris and Nicole) and Abbott the goat. She comes screaming inside like a little schoolgirl. Out goes the fearless leader to see wtf is going on. So armed with a monster pitchfork and axe I proceed into the barn area and find Abbott and Nicole just fine.
Nicole has blood on her, not good. Paris is not in the barn, a quick look and I locate her on the other side of the bunny pen. (ps bastich, next time take the bunnies). So Paris is in really bad shape. Bitten on the face more than 20 times, 4 major lacerations through the skin on her underside. It's a good thing that she is so wooly as that definitely helped to save her life.
We figure that Abbott the goat (who is a complete idiot and rams anything), was protecting his girls and rammed the cougar. Good boy Abbott. This morning he was totally sketchy about going outside, so back into the barn and lock all the doors.
So now we have one badly mauled ewe, one badly bitten ewe and one super goat. A look around the property shows that the cat has set up camp out back somewhere, big scratching posts everywhere. Go over and talk to the neighbours and he has lost a hen and 5 chicks in as many nights. Another neighbour has lost 2 goats. Way not cool.
So now Ms.Tuner can't sleep and will not go outside alone. She is not a big girl so I don't blame her nor want her to go outside alone. We have lots of young kids in our area, so I hope this cat is found like pronto. The conservation officer shows up this morning with 2 cougar hounds but no trail can be found. It won't be long before he's back though, they are a animal of habit. In this case, the table was set and he had a captive audience.
If you have never seen what a cougar can do to something, you don't want to. It is far from nice. Not a good way to spend the day, cleaning the inside of the barn of blood and sewing up your animals (pets to Bev). This cat's days are numbered. I'll post more when we kill this fargin bastich. Nothing like a high powered rifle and a scope, save for maybe a infrared sighting system. (I know what Santa needs to bring this year).
[ October 24, 2005, 06:20 PM: Message edited by: MR2NR ]
Nicole has blood on her, not good. Paris is not in the barn, a quick look and I locate her on the other side of the bunny pen. (ps bastich, next time take the bunnies). So Paris is in really bad shape. Bitten on the face more than 20 times, 4 major lacerations through the skin on her underside. It's a good thing that she is so wooly as that definitely helped to save her life.
We figure that Abbott the goat (who is a complete idiot and rams anything), was protecting his girls and rammed the cougar. Good boy Abbott. This morning he was totally sketchy about going outside, so back into the barn and lock all the doors.
So now we have one badly mauled ewe, one badly bitten ewe and one super goat. A look around the property shows that the cat has set up camp out back somewhere, big scratching posts everywhere. Go over and talk to the neighbours and he has lost a hen and 5 chicks in as many nights. Another neighbour has lost 2 goats. Way not cool.
So now Ms.Tuner can't sleep and will not go outside alone. She is not a big girl so I don't blame her nor want her to go outside alone. We have lots of young kids in our area, so I hope this cat is found like pronto. The conservation officer shows up this morning with 2 cougar hounds but no trail can be found. It won't be long before he's back though, they are a animal of habit. In this case, the table was set and he had a captive audience.
If you have never seen what a cougar can do to something, you don't want to. It is far from nice. Not a good way to spend the day, cleaning the inside of the barn of blood and sewing up your animals (pets to Bev). This cat's days are numbered. I'll post more when we kill this fargin bastich. Nothing like a high powered rifle and a scope, save for maybe a infrared sighting system. (I know what Santa needs to bring this year).
[ October 24, 2005, 06:20 PM: Message edited by: MR2NR ]
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but dude he's just doing what nature intended, why should an animal be punished for fulfilling his biological hardwiring, maybe you should feed him and he'll leave your animals alone
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sorry just being an ***, my parents had animals (chickens, goats, sheep, geese, ducks) for years and predators were always an ongoing problem .....kinda sucks to go out and find somethings been in at the animals and have to clean up dead bodies.
having a couple dogs around helped a lot, they usually made enough noise to scare off the bears and wolves or at least warn us that something was up so you could grab the rifle and go check things out.
[ October 24, 2005, 11:56 AM: Message edited by: dodgeram ]
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sorry just being an ***, my parents had animals (chickens, goats, sheep, geese, ducks) for years and predators were always an ongoing problem .....kinda sucks to go out and find somethings been in at the animals and have to clean up dead bodies.
having a couple dogs around helped a lot, they usually made enough noise to scare off the bears and wolves or at least warn us that something was up so you could grab the rifle and go check things out.
[ October 24, 2005, 11:56 AM: Message edited by: dodgeram ]
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Originally posted by dodgeram:
but dude he's just doing what nature intended, why should an animal be punished for fulfilling his biological hardwiring, maybe you should feed him and he'll leave your animals alone
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sorry just being an ***, my parents had animals (chickens, goats, sheep, geese, ducks) for years and predators were always an ongoing problem .....kinda sucks to go out and find somethings been in at the animals and have to clean up dead bodies.
having a couple dogs around helped a lot, they usually made enough noise to scare off the bears and wolves or at least warn us that something was up so you could grab the rifle and go check things out.
but dude he's just doing what nature intended, why should an animal be punished for fulfilling his biological hardwiring, maybe you should feed him and he'll leave your animals alone
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sorry just being an ***, my parents had animals (chickens, goats, sheep, geese, ducks) for years and predators were always an ongoing problem .....kinda sucks to go out and find somethings been in at the animals and have to clean up dead bodies.
having a couple dogs around helped a lot, they usually made enough noise to scare off the bears and wolves or at least warn us that something was up so you could grab the rifle and go check things out.
Am I missing something dodgeram? What did you edit after I posted?***EDITED AFTER NOTICING dodgerams EDIT, SO NOT TO ADD ANOTHER POST TO THIS GUYS THREAD.***
[ October 24, 2005, 01:22 PM: Message edited by: Gilligans Hitch ]
Normally I would consider something like this as well. Anyone who knows me and Ms.Tuner also know our views on animals. (which is why the area is called the Totally Useless Animal Sanctuary). However what most people do not understand is issues that are unique to our area. We have the highest population of Cougars in North America here on Vancouver Island. Our area is the quickest growing area of the province, thus displacing even more animals and confining them to a smaller area with a higher concentration of predators. Once the cougar has attacked and killed livestock, as it has in this particular circumstance, the chance at removal and relocation of the cat has been taken away as well.
What I did not tell you originally is that our neighbour has lost a hen and 5 chicks, the hen on the same night as the attack in our barn, 50 feet between the two areas. A neighbour across the road the night before lost 2 goats. So this is a problem predatory animal. It is a small step for a cougar to take down a child on a bike next. I am not willing to allow that to happen when we have a known predator in the immediate area.
[ October 24, 2005, 05:27 PM: Message edited by: MR2NR ]
What I did not tell you originally is that our neighbour has lost a hen and 5 chicks, the hen on the same night as the attack in our barn, 50 feet between the two areas. A neighbour across the road the night before lost 2 goats. So this is a problem predatory animal. It is a small step for a cougar to take down a child on a bike next. I am not willing to allow that to happen when we have a known predator in the immediate area.
[ October 24, 2005, 05:27 PM: Message edited by: MR2NR ]
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Point taken. I have been hiking upisland & realize the situtation there. I also lived in Vic & remember vaguely about children being attacked @ bus stops etc. Maybe a task force should be implemented if it hasn't. These cougars could be relocated to other parts of the province. [img]graemlins/dunno.gif[/img]
The kids shouldn't be put in harms way, either should the cougars. I'm not sure what the best solution is here (haven't gave it much thought), but good luck with yours. If I had kids & had to live where you are I would most likely think along the same lines as you. I'm going to have a kid in Feb & don't think I would move to that part of the island for this reason.
At national parks in AB (where my wife grew up) bears are a big problem, but they are not killed unless they have actually attacked a human. BTW a friend of mine lost his life at the hands/paws of a black bear, & I also grew up hunting just about everything. I guess what I'm trying to say is when we move into an area that is highly concentrated with be it bears/cougars we should think really hard what the right think to do is.
I just get offended when people don't keep an open mind when it comes to my bully friends & that's what got me going here. Sorry that my recent craziness (due to BSL) got brought into you thread. I may not have even commented had that not happened.
The kids shouldn't be put in harms way, either should the cougars. I'm not sure what the best solution is here (haven't gave it much thought), but good luck with yours. If I had kids & had to live where you are I would most likely think along the same lines as you. I'm going to have a kid in Feb & don't think I would move to that part of the island for this reason.
At national parks in AB (where my wife grew up) bears are a big problem, but they are not killed unless they have actually attacked a human. BTW a friend of mine lost his life at the hands/paws of a black bear, & I also grew up hunting just about everything. I guess what I'm trying to say is when we move into an area that is highly concentrated with be it bears/cougars we should think really hard what the right think to do is.
I just get offended when people don't keep an open mind when it comes to my bully friends & that's what got me going here. Sorry that my recent craziness (due to BSL) got brought into you thread. I may not have even commented had that not happened.
Again with the pitbulls?
Let's just rename this forum "Gilligans Save the Pitbull Foundation - They're our Friendly Friends!"
Or maybe someone on here can have a discussion about an animal without having you go into your "save the pitbulls" speach again.
Let's just rename this forum "Gilligans Save the Pitbull Foundation - They're our Friendly Friends!"
Or maybe someone on here can have a discussion about an animal without having you go into your "save the pitbulls" speach again.
