"Janet B" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 12:18:10 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>>On 2015-10-15 12:10 PM, Janet B wrote:
>>
>>> In my area it has been too dry to provide forage up in the hills and
>>> mountains. The animals come down to where there is water and food.
>>> Then they become habituated. The deer in my neighborhood have taken
>>> up residence along the creek. The one buck goes upstream past my
>>> house everyday, crosses the court and enters the backyard of a
>>> neighbor where he dozes all day. Generally he is a polite neighbor.
>>> He's safe here. Once they leave this area of dead end streets they
>>> become traffic casualties.
>>>
>>
>>When I was in Pacific Grove last month there were deer roaming through
>>the parking lot at hour hotel and they were in the parks and cemeteries.
>>When we were driving along the coast I saw a man walking a German
>>Shepherd. There were more than a dozen deer nearby and two of them kept
>>teasing the dog.
>>
>>When we left there were stopped at the Elkhorn Slough and there were
>>signs up warning of mountain lion sightings and they suggested that
>>people not hike alone there.
>>
> We get mountain lion sightings here in neighborhoods along the
> foothills. Schools go into lock down for the day. Fortunately there
> have been no confrontations. Just reports of bloody driveways and
> pieces of deer lying about. That's a shocker on your way to work in
> the morning.

That is very frightening!!! May I ask where this happens???

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