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The cougar that shut down the city's biggest city park last fall has settled in a new home territory.
The big cat captivated local residents' attention when it tried to make Discovery Park its home
The 2˝-year-old male cougar was only the second in history to make its way into Discovery Park, which is why officials wanted to keep a close eye the animal
But from the moment the cougar ran into the Cascade Foothills above Monroe, watching him became a desk job. State Wildlife Biologist Rich Beausoleil gets updates on Discovery in his e-mail inbox.
Discovery is the first cougar in the state outfitted with a collar that sends daily cell phone signals plotting his location.
He avoided all of those clear cuts, all of the towns of Duvall and Carnation, and ultimately North Bend. Decided to stay quite a ways from there," said Beausoleil of the signals received.
Discovery went 67 miles in two weeks, crossing Snoqualmie Pass and finally settling in cougar country in Eastern Washington.
"He's doing exactly what a cougar should do," Beausoleil said. ""
And it goes to show even though he came close to people, you can't paint cougars with a brush and call them a problem cat. He just wound up in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The tracking collar will rot away and fall off in about two years. When that happens, Beausoleil will stop getting daily e-mails from Discovery. And that will mean success
The wildlife department closely watched a similar situation in Bismarck, North Dakota. When a cougar went into a populated area there, agents shot and killed it, sparking outrage among many residents who wanted it relocated.
Here in Washington, most people praised the department for making an urban cougar wild again.
Part of their job is to create a 100% desk job. You should know this because it is what you have you idiot.
I've got a desk job and work for the state, does that make me an idiot? I personally don't like many of your comments. You're calling the journalist an idiot.. OK.. Some of them are, but I don't see where this writer wrote anything contrary to the truth. You praise the North Dakota wildlife managers for killing a Cougar just because it came into contact with human population. Would you have done the same with this young Seattle kitty? As for the biologist that gets telemetry from the colar via his email, isn't that more efficient use of time and technology to make sure the relocation task worked? (relocation that puts that kitty back in a hunters sights) When they colar an animal and relocate it, they also take blood and tissue samples to make sure it's not diseased and to have DNA record. If that cat becomes a problem with people again, they'll know it's the same one. (once captured) You think that just because those biologists are college educated that they aren't as smart and witty as you?I hope that if anyone is going to make comments like this about a piece of journalism, that you put a little bit of basis for your comments in your written word. Otherwise, it's means nothing.This is a hunting forum. Comments about a dishonest vote count belong in different forums. I don't like her either, but there's other places to bitch about it..
Axle I know you think the cougars are eating all your elk in 454, but if you keep using words like Idiots and *censored*s in your generalizations you might start looking like one yourself.
Quote I never came against 'college educated' people (be they bios or not) I don't know if I am smarter or wittier than them but when they do idiotic things (which is common) I don't mind calling it like it is. I have some college too but I'm not government trained or brainwashed. I speak against 'government trained' people who lack common sense and can't stand up for themselves. Many of them could not hold a job in the real world.QuoteThis is getting good Axle, are you sure your not Deaddog in disguise? Come on now, your going to go out on a limb and make bold statements about Government employees and how they couldn't hold a job in the real world. You got a great sense or knack for pissing off people really quick on this site, or is that the intent? I have been a Gov employee for the past 27 years and can rest assured I have worked with some of the brightest people around, just like any other corporations rank and file.... Please explain to me the real world, or is this just the "World According to Axle". I'd really like you to share your fondness for the Gov, maybe we (Brainwashed employees) should start tracking and put you on the "Watch List" to ensure the security of the Gov and this great nation.. If you don't like it, Canada is hop skip and a jump, heck I go there alot, I'll even give you a lift......
I never came against 'college educated' people (be they bios or not) I don't know if I am smarter or wittier than them but when they do idiotic things (which is common) I don't mind calling it like it is. I have some college too but I'm not government trained or brainwashed. I speak against 'government trained' people who lack common sense and can't stand up for themselves. Many of them could not hold a job in the real world.QuoteThis is getting good Axle, are you sure your not Deaddog in disguise? Come on now, your going to go out on a limb and make bold statements about Government employees and how they couldn't hold a job in the real world. You got a great sense or knack for pissing off people really quick on this site, or is that the intent? I have been a Gov employee for the past 27 years and can rest assured I have worked with some of the brightest people around, just like any other corporations rank and file.... Please explain to me the real world, or is this just the "World According to Axle". I'd really like you to share your fondness for the Gov, maybe we (Brainwashed employees) should start tracking and put you on the "Watch List" to ensure the security of the Gov and this great nation.. If you don't like it, Canada is hop skip and a jump, heck I go there alot, I'll even give you a lift......
This is getting good Axle, are you sure your not Deaddog in disguise? Come on now, your going to go out on a limb and make bold statements about Government employees and how they couldn't hold a job in the real world. You got a great sense or knack for pissing off people really quick on this site, or is that the intent? I have been a Gov employee for the past 27 years and can rest assured I have worked with some of the brightest people around, just like any other corporations rank and file.... Please explain to me the real world, or is this just the "World According to Axle". I'd really like you to share your fondness for the Gov, maybe we (Brainwashed employees) should start tracking and put you on the "Watch List" to ensure the security of the Gov and this great nation.. If you don't like it, Canada is hop skip and a jump, heck I go there alot, I'll even give you a lift......
This is what the city idiots voted for. I say let the idiots have what they voted for!