https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/12/12/why-are-some-animals-rare-and-why-is-this-very-important/ Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:44:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/12/12/why-are-some-animals-rare-and-why-is-this-very-important/#comment-496713 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:44:34 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=14879#comment-496713 […] of Rarities reviewed in Conservation and Earth Island Journal, Greg Laden’s Blog, and on More Notes From […]

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/12/12/why-are-some-animals-rare-and-why-is-this-very-important/#comment-496712 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:12:52 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=14879#comment-496712 Give my regards to the Douglas-Hamiltons !

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/12/12/why-are-some-animals-rare-and-why-is-this-very-important/#comment-496711 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:03:20 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=14879#comment-496711 Yeah, definitely don’t call the cops if you see a cougar!

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/12/12/why-are-some-animals-rare-and-why-is-this-very-important/#comment-496710 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:11:14 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=14879#comment-496710 I would have been peeking out of my window at it, thinking it was amazing to be able to spot one of these elusive creatures in my yard, and wait for it to leave on its own. 🙁

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/12/12/why-are-some-animals-rare-and-why-is-this-very-important/#comment-496709 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:47:03 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=14879#comment-496709 Phytophactor — already happened. A cougar was shot and killed in Bloomington, Minnesota a few years ago. Memorable to me, because I lived just a few blocks away from where it happened. (I have moved since, as my growing family required a larger home.) As I was driving home from work, I passed evidence of some sort of police action, but it looked like all the excitement was over. Next day on the news, I learned the details — a cougar was in someone’s backyard, having come up from the Minnesota River valley via Nine Mile Creek. It’s a nice strip of parkland connected to state and national wildlife refuge area. An officer was called by a resident concerned about the big cat, and the officer ended up shooting and killing the animal, which turned out to be a female. (Not lactating, so at least there weren’t any abandoned cubs to worry about.) Not sure that quite qualifies as being shot by some yahoo; police officers are generally obligated to put civilians ahead of animals.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/12/12/why-are-some-animals-rare-and-why-is-this-very-important/#comment-496708 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:46:46 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=14879#comment-496708 And cranes. Don’t forget bout the cranes

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/12/12/why-are-some-animals-rare-and-why-is-this-very-important/#comment-496707 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:12:04 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=14879#comment-496707 Similar problems drastically reduced animal diversity in northern Thailand during the 60s. Soldiers of both sides had rice and shot a lot of animals as food. A retired zoologist who grew up in this area recalls all the animals of his childhood that now are missing, completely. And here in the USA morons with rifles shoot every wolf that wanders across some arbitrary line on a map. Cougars are now once again in the upper midwest; it’s only a matter of time before some yahoo shoots one.

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