Cops: Lion stalks North Shore
by Jennifer Rosinski
Friday, September 26, 2003
A suspected mountain lion on the prowl since July is sending tremors
through the North Shore, where police warn residents to keep children
and pets out of the woods, especially after dark.
``It's at the killing stage,'' said Beverly animal control officer
Jim Lindley of what officials believe is an elusive mountain lion
that attacked and ravaged a young deer in the well-to-do Prides
Crossing neighborhood Wednesday.
``All indications are it's a large predator, most likely a cat,'' he
said. ``Be very, very leery of letting children play in wooded
areas.''
Police thought the animal sighted more than 30 times in Manchester
and Beverly this summer was just a bobcat - until a woman and her
dogs stumbled upon a deer carcass.
``There were bite marks to the skull. The animal ate out the
intestines, the throat and the face,'' police Sgt. Larry Van Liere
said.
Authorities believe the deer was ambushed in a Paine Avenue backyard
while eating acorns Tuesday night.
``The animal pounced on (the deer) five feet from her house and must
have dragged it 200 feet into the woods,'' Lindley said.
Wildlife officials are testing the deer to figure out what kind of
animal killed it.
Police suspect the lion is a discarded pet.
``One hundred years ago they were hunted into extinction in this
area. We don't think it's a wild one,'' Lindley said. ``We think it
was a captive and all of a sudden it wasn't cute to them anymore.''
MA : Lion on the prowl
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MA : Lion on the prowl
From: Brian, Ryan & Lori (bconnoll@marksonrosenthal.com) |
Date: 2003-09-26 13:31:46 UTC
Re: MA : Lion on the prowl
From: warrioringilead (warrioringilead@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2003-09-26 22:38:26 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Brian, Ryan & Lori"
wrote:
> Cops: Lion stalks North Shore
Just to add to this, I went on my "care and feeding" maintenance this
week for all my boxes, and was told by one of the members of the
organization on which "Hunter's Falls" is located that a pack of
coyotes are on the land and have actively tracked some members.
Also, in reading the logbook, folks have expressed some trepidation
on doing this box. The Board of Directors knows that this box is on
their land, all those "Members Only - Do Not Trespass" signs are for
the folks who would show up to use the land as it is intended, NOT
for the casual hiker. Casual hikers are permitted specifically on
the section of land where this box is found. But October to
February, blaze orange is still a fashion MUST.
Warrior Woman
> Cops: Lion stalks North Shore
Just to add to this, I went on my "care and feeding" maintenance this
week for all my boxes, and was told by one of the members of the
organization on which "Hunter's Falls" is located that a pack of
coyotes are on the land and have actively tracked some members.
Also, in reading the logbook, folks have expressed some trepidation
on doing this box. The Board of Directors knows that this box is on
their land, all those "Members Only - Do Not Trespass" signs are for
the folks who would show up to use the land as it is intended, NOT
for the casual hiker. Casual hikers are permitted specifically on
the section of land where this box is found. But October to
February, blaze orange is still a fashion MUST.
Warrior Woman