Rocky1
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Yep same line we saw in ND... Fence cut, lions would never attack a horse. Ran into junk in the pasture, lion would never attack a horse. Tree branches, lion would never attack a horse. It went on and on, and in every case the farmer/rancher reported the same cuts multiple lacerations originating high on the rear end, raking down and back. In every case reported.
I don't know; I kept several head of horses, for several years, and I doctored a lot of cut up horses before figuring out dumb horses aren't worth keeping. Hung out with a bunch of other horse people, as horse people do, and saw a bunch more cut up horses. And, I don't recall ever seeing 5 - 6 different horses, in different pastures, cut by different things, all cut in the same fashion. But those 5 - 6 horses in that one small area, where that mountain lion didn't exist, were.
Quote:Modern wildlife management should be non-political and science based. In this instance that requires proof in the form of hard evidence not rumor, gossip and folk tales.
Hard evidence, is often easily overlooked, by well educated people, backing a cause.
I don't know; I kept several head of horses, for several years, and I doctored a lot of cut up horses before figuring out dumb horses aren't worth keeping. Hung out with a bunch of other horse people, as horse people do, and saw a bunch more cut up horses. And, I don't recall ever seeing 5 - 6 different horses, in different pastures, cut by different things, all cut in the same fashion. But those 5 - 6 horses in that one small area, where that mountain lion didn't exist, were.
Quote:Modern wildlife management should be non-political and science based. In this instance that requires proof in the form of hard evidence not rumor, gossip and folk tales.
Hard evidence, is often easily overlooked, by well educated people, backing a cause.