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In article <1992Mar13.045236.29733@morrow.stanford.edu> GC.SUL@forsythe.stanford.edu (Sullivan) writes:
>Can someone quickly send me some info on the current status of the
>Mountain Lion?  Is it still considered endangered?  Another Lion was
>shot Tuesday in Clearlake, and I need some facts before I write to
>the authorities. The following is todays article in the Record Bee.

No, it hasn't been endangered (in terms of numbers) for decades.
Given that, precisely why does Sullivan think that killing the lion is
unreasonable?  (If Sullivan favors more expensive measures, he's
invited to pay for them.  If those measures aren't important enough
for him to pay for, they're certainly not important enough for someone
else to pay for.)

BTW - The CA Constitutional Amendment banning sport hunting of
mountain lions (recently passed) provides a constitutional right to
kill mountain lions at any time.  All you have to do is arrange the
right circumstances, and they're quite easy to arrange.

>  Johnson said he intends to write state representatives to see what
>they can do about the law.

Nothing.  It will take another constitutional amendment.

>Clearly, if there has been a problem before why doesn't the rancher
>take measures to PROTECT his livestock.

He did; the lion in question is now dead.

>Sheep are easy prey to any predator, certainly more are
>killed by running dogs each year than mountain lions.

Dogs get killed too in this situation.  (Hint: if you don't want
someone to kill your dog and bill you for the damage it caused, don't
let it be a problem.)

-andy
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