Arizona estimates number of Lions
The Arizona Game and Fish is now estimating that there are 2500 mountain lions in the state. I think that number is way low, personally. Conservatively, the 2500 mountain lions would kill 75,000 deer per year, most of them being mule deer. Hunters are killing less than 8,000 mule deer per year. Imagine what could happen to the deer herd if Arizona had only 500 lions. Of course there are 25,000 coyotes and who knows how many bears to deal with as well.
I have a buddy that has 81 acres in Arizona. He has seen mountain lions on his propery. I like your blog!
AZ G&F…
I dont belive what the AZ G&F say about there only being only 2500 mt lions in the state.
It must be from one of the biologist that has a college degree, LOL A degree that keeps them blind to the real deer problem the Mt Lion and all the other predators, then they let the wolf be introduced.
Think about this. The spotted owl and its extinction was to shut down the logging in the west, ever figure out why that happened ? the biggest wrong doing of all time. ITs because Predident Carter had put our National Parks/ National Forests up for collateral at the world bank. They couldnt continue to make millions off a forest that had been put up for collateral , from what I understand.
Then the movement of making and dedicating all the wilderness’s exempt from the collateral at the world bank because the wilderness’s was set aside for the endagnered spieces like the spotted owl, the mexican gray wolf, the spinedaces minnow etc…
I have to get off here, I could go on and on with the wrong doing that has and is being done, remember the signs the forest service use to put along the road side’s, PROTECT YOUR NATIONAL FOREST…? those signs have all been done away with. Amazing isnt it?
Here is the web site link about our National Forest used as collateral for our National debt.
http://www.newswithviews.com/brownfield/brownfield59.htm