On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 18:58:11 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>"Janet B" > wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 12:18:10 -0400, Dave Smith
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>>>On 2015-10-15 12:10 PM, Janet B wrote:
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>>>> 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.
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>>>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.
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>>>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.
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>> 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.
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>That is very frightening!!! May I ask where this happens???

In my state of Idaho, but I know similar happens in all the states out
here in the west. We have mountains, low population density for much
of the terrain, and a variety of large mammals. When the deer and
elk (your moose, I believe) come down into the valleys for food and
water, the predators follow. I haven't seen a mountain lion or
mountain lion footprints in my neighborhood but they have been seen
near here. I have seen coyote and fox go through the neighborhood on
a regular basis. My city is the capitol city of my state, so we are
not exactly primitive. However, as the city grows it begins to climb
the foothills in one direction and encroach on the desert to the
south. With that intrusion you have got to expect to find rattle
snakes, and other wildlife using your neighborhood. On the other
hand, we also have ducks, geese, turkeys, pheasant, quail and other
game birds. Thankfully the skunks have stopped visiting here.
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