EDITOR: I live just east of Placerville. A few months ago a mountain lion was seen in my yard. My neighbor is feeding the deer, which is attracting mountain lions. I reported it to Fish and Game. The ranger came out and talked to the neighbor, telling her it was illegal to feed the wild [...]
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This year’s odd weather may be playing a part in the increase in bear sightings in El Dorado County. California Fish and Game wildlife specialist Shelly Blair has already received about 80 calls of bear sightings this summer, a significant increase from usual, and said other foothill wildlife specialists in neighboring areas have noted the [...]
Special to the Democrat Whether you live in a city or a rural part of California, wild animals are your neighbors. Most of the time they keep their distance and coexist with humans peacefully. But as the human population increases and gradually encroaches onto the natural habitat of black bears and mountain lions, there is [...]
Placerville EDITOR: To anyone who read the letter to the editor from Darrin McNeice in Camino, thereÕs far more to the mountain lion dangers here in California than McNeice claims. He, like most California residents, has been fed a line of malarkey by both the state Department of Fish and Game and the media through [...]
Camino EDITOR: Regarding cougar sightings: Yes, we live in an area where there is wildlife. More than half of California is prime mountain lion habitat. They like it here for many of the same reasons we do. Be respectful and cautious while you are out of your home. Keep an eye on children and pets. [...]
Democrat staff writer Placerville resident Debra McIntire has long been aware of the presence of mountain lions in El Dorado County, but did not expect one to show up in her back yard. McIntire, 47, spotted the cougar early one recent evening, walking down a dirt driveway adjacent to McIntireÕs property, approximately 20 yards from [...]
