Cougars dying from bird flu

[JimmyHoffa]

Two cougars have been confirmed to have died from avian influenza.  No telling how many in the mountains are dying.
https://www.myclallamcounty.com/2024/12/20/two-cougars-on-olympic-peninsula-die-from-bird-flu/

[boneaddict]

Sweet!    Now if Parvo would take out a couple hundred wolves we'd get some where

[Bareback]

Release the birds!

[Blacktail Sniper]

Or another reason (excuse) for the Commission to further reduce take or even close season all together under their any mortality rule...

[boneaddict]

If you die in a car accident but have covid at the time, did you die from Covid or the car accident?   Are the cats starving because there are no prey animals left due to their lousy predator management and in their weakened state caught the flu, or did having the flu cause them to starve to death.   I wonder which makes a more exciting headline

[duckmen1]

Or another reason (excuse) for the Commission to further reduce take or even close season all together under their any mortality rule...

Bingo the end of hunting agenda is just beginning. Although it has been in the works for years. They are trying to grasp any angle they can to outlaw hunting. Openly and quietly on different angles.

[greenhead_killer]

If you die in a car accident but have covid at the time, did you die from Covid or the car accident?   Are the cats starving because there are no prey animals left due to their lousy predator management and in their weakened state caught the flu, or did having the flu cause them to starve to death.   I wonder which makes a more exciting headline

this is probably the most realistic scenario, but they’d never admit that.

[Humptulips]

If you die in a car accident but have covid at the time, did you die from Covid or the car accident?   Are the cats starving because there are no prey animals left due to their lousy predator management and in their weakened state caught the flu, or did having the flu cause them to starve to death.   I wonder which makes a more exciting headline

Yes!

[HUNTIN4SIX]

Probably overpopulation.  So many dam cats in this state they can’t partake in social distancing.   

[Jake Dogfish]

If you die in a car accident but have covid at the time, did you die from Covid or the car accident?   Are the cats starving because there are no prey animals left due to their lousy predator management and in their weakened state caught the flu, or did having the flu cause them to starve to death.   I wonder which makes a more exciting headline

[elkrack]

Sweet!    Now if Parvo would take out a couple hundred wolves we'd get some where

Amen!

[hunter399]

Or another reason (excuse) for the Commission to further reduce take or even close season all together under their any mortality rule...

Agree totally

[Pegasus]

If you die in a car accident but have covid at the time, did you die from Covid or the car accident?   Are the cats starving because there are no prey animals left due to their lousy predator management and in their weakened state caught the flu, or did having the flu cause them to starve to death.   I wonder which makes a more exciting headline

If you died in this state in a car accident and tested positive for covid with a test that was designed to give false positives after numerous searches, you were classified as a covid death. I suspect since bird flu is the new covid scare that any dead cougar that is tested with a questionable test would be classified as dying from bird flu.

[Platensek-po]

I don’t know. There were massive die offs of sea lions and elephant seals in South America due to avian influenza and it’s now definitely panzootic. Seems to be pretty rough on humans when they get it too but rare. Might be a little early to be celebrating a disease that can jump species and be transported so easily.

https://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/news/catastrophic-mortality-elephant-seals-argentina-identified-outbreak-avian-influenza

[7mmfan]

I don’t know. There were massive die offs of sea lions and elephant seals in South America due to avian influenza and it’s now definitely panzootic. Seems to be pretty rough on humans when they get it too but rare. Might be a little early to be celebrating a disease that can jump species and be transported so easily.

https://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/news/catastrophic-mortality-elephant-seals-argentina-identified-outbreak-avian-influenza

Maybe this is the answer to our Sea Lion and Seal problem around here? The steelhead and salmon sure would appreciate it.