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<blockquote data-quote="CallMaker" data-source="post: 545304" data-attributes="member: 33755"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">A mountain lion requires 8 to 10 pounds of meat per day to survive. Its diet consists of deer, elk, porcupines, small mammals, livestock, and pets. Generally a lion prefers deer. Experts tell us a lion kills one deer every 9 to 14 days. <em>(Information compiled from U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, San Antonio, Texas, and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Helena, Montana) </em>And in some areas, it has been found that a lion kills as many as two deer per week, especially in hot weather. Why? First, a lion tends to leave a carcass once it has begun to spoil. Second, scavengers (vultures, crows, ravens, magpies, coyotes, skunks, etc.) find the carcass the lion has killed and hidden. They consume it before the lion returns to feed on the remains. Wildlife Services Specialists find that success in capturing problem lions is much greater within two days of the actual kill than thereafter. <em>(U. S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, Reno, Nevada)</em></span></p><p> </p><div style="text-align: center"><div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>ABUNDANT WILDLIFE SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">P. O. Box</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> 2</span></strong></div> <div style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Beresford</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">, SD 57004</span></strong></div> <div style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">(605) 751-0979</span></strong></div> <div style="text-align: center"> </div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">http://www.aws.vcn.com/mountain_lion_fact_sheet.html</span></div> </div></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CallMaker, post: 545304, member: 33755"] [FONT=Times New Roman]A mountain lion requires 8 to 10 pounds of meat per day to survive. Its diet consists of deer, elk, porcupines, small mammals, livestock, and pets. Generally a lion prefers deer. Experts tell us a lion kills one deer every 9 to 14 days. [I](Information compiled from U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, San Antonio, Texas, and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Helena, Montana) [/I]And in some areas, it has been found that a lion kills as many as two deer per week, especially in hot weather. Why? First, a lion tends to leave a carcass once it has begun to spoil. Second, scavengers (vultures, crows, ravens, magpies, coyotes, skunks, etc.) find the carcass the lion has killed and hidden. They consume it before the lion returns to feed on the remains. Wildlife Services Specialists find that success in capturing problem lions is much greater within two days of the actual kill than thereafter. [I](U. S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, Reno, Nevada)[/I][/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [CENTER][CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][B]ABUNDANT WILDLIFE SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA[/B][/FONT][/CENTER] [CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman]P. O. Box[/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] 2[/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/B][/CENTER] [CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Beresford[/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman], SD 57004[/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/B][/CENTER] [CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman](605) 751-0979[/FONT][/B][/CENTER] [CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/B][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman]http://www.aws.vcn.com/mountain_lion_fact_sheet.html[/FONT][/CENTER][/CENTER] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/QUOTE]
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