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Cougar awareness raised near site of attack
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Five days after a Dachshund was snatched by a mountain lion as its owner walked the dog, neighbors near the scene talked about cougars in the area. The dog was grabbed and eaten in a…
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Cougar awareness raised near site of attack
Five days after a Dachshund was snatched by a mountain lion as its owner walked the dog, neighbors near the scene talked about cougars in the area. The dog was grabbed and eaten in a gated community off Star Ranch Road by the large male cat. The lion yanked the leash from the owner’s hands…
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WALDO CANYON FIRE: A third of burn scar is ‘severe’, will take years to recover
CASCADE • Soil expert Brad Rust dug a hole in the blackened dirt on a hillside scorched by the Waldo Canyon fire and poured water into it Tuesday morning. The water pooled. That’s not a good thing. “It beads up and will not penetrate the soil,” said Rust, who works for the U.S. Forest Service.…
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Elk in downtown Loveland draw fans
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LOVELAND – Five bull elk drew crowds to downtown Thursday morning. The animals ambled across a school’s basketball courts, meandered across streets and cruised across lawns, stopping here and there for a nibble on trees…
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Elk in downtown Loveland draw fans
LOVELAND – Five bull elk drew crowds to downtown Thursday morning. The animals ambled across a school’s basketball courts, meandered across streets and cruised across lawns, stopping here and there for a nibble on trees or grass. “My dog started barking at 6 a.m. I looked out and saw a big head of antlers,” said…
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Young moose stuck in skate park dies after being tranquilized
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A young moose that wandered into the skate park in Nederland this morning, was tranquilized and then removed died from the stress of the situation, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials said. “He was very stressed…
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Young moose stuck in skate park dies after being tranquilized
A young moose that wandered into the skate park in Nederland this morning, was tranquilized and then removed died from the stress of the situation, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials said. “He was very stressed out by the time we arrived,” said Parks and Wildlife spokesman Randy Hampton. “This was a last ditch effort, and…
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Alaska bear victim pleads for help in 911 call
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A 30-year-old Alaska man mauled by a bear pleads for help in a recorded 911 call, telling the dispatcher he’s up a tree and can hear the animal huffing below him. In…
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Alaska bear victim pleads for help in 911 call
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A 30-year-old Alaska man mauled by a bear pleads for help in a recorded 911 call, telling the dispatcher he’s up a tree and can hear the animal huffing below him. In the recording released by Alaska State Troopers, Ben Radakovich tells the dispatcher to send an ambulance, saying he is “bleeding…
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California hiker says bear saved him from mountain lion
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Paradise man says he is lucky to be alive after an attack by a mountain lion Monday morning. Robert Biggs, 69, often hikes in the Bean Soup Flat area, which is about a mile…