Hunting Stories : Colon : noloC seirotS gnitnuH May 4, 2004 8:19 AM Subscribe
Hunting the Stanford University LionStanford University is now debating whether to send hunters into the hills surrounding campus to kill a mountain lion that may have mauled two horses pastured on university land.
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.................... ................Cult Land Not for HuntingThe polygamist cult that bought 1,300 acres of land near San Angelo will not be using it as hunting retreat after all. posted by mcgraw (18 comments total)
Damn!! When I found these articles on Yahoo News, I didn't have to sign up to read them.
Amid horse attacks, Stanford weighs hunting lion in hills
Stanford University, accustomed to sending scholars into the world, is now debating whether to send hunters into the hills surrounding campus to kill a mountain lion that may have mauled two horses pastured on university land.
The unusual scenario has university officials perplexed as they try to balance the threat of what may be a dangerous animal against the specter of a university-sponsored hunt.
``People are really concerned. What do you do when you have a mountain lion?'' Stanford spokesman Jack Hubbard said. ``Do you shoot it or do you protect it?''
Killing a suspected livestock predator might be a last resort, Hubbard said.
Stanford is designated as a game preserve with no hunting or fishing allowed, so the university may not be entitled to the usual permits to shoot animals that attack humans, livestock or pets.
And the notion of the university shooting a mountain lion is sure to raise the ire of animal rights protesters, fish and game experts said.
Stanford University has posted security guards at the four entrances to the popular Dish Trail pathways in the foothills. It also posted signs warning visitors of the mountain lion attacks. posted by mcgraw at 8:26 AM on May 4, 2004
I agree, but perhaps not for the same reason. What do these stories have to do with each other, beyond a vague hunting theme? posted by DevilsAdvocate at 8:39 AM on May 4, 2004
What do these stories have to do with each other, beyond a vague hunting theme?
I was wondering the same thing, DevilsAdvocate. Good question.
I've come out of retirement to propose that these articles could be considered pleasant, light-reading for whiling away time in the office... perhaps? posted by mcgraw at 8:44 AM on May 4, 2004
[.................... ................] posted by fvw at 9:06 AM on May 4, 2004
mcgraw's unconsciously (or not) leading us, inductively through his examples, towards a larger question. And I know what it is, but I'm not telling. It's a little quiz of sorts. posted by troutfishing at 9:52 AM on May 4, 2004
..................................... ? posted by Outlawyr at 10:05 AM on May 4, 2004
This thread is a clump of words garbled into meaninglessness -- sorry for that.
I put the dotted lines on the fpp because I can't figure out how to add carraige-returns. When I try to separate paragraphs in an fpp, it always bunches the sentences together into one paragraph. Does anyone know how to add carraige returns within an fpp?
lets not post links that require registration ever again posted by Satapher at 11:29 AM on May 4, 2004
When I was hanging out around Stanford, they could barely get the animal rights activists to agree to let them use humane traps to catch feral cats. I don't see that they'll have much luck trying to shoot a mountain lion. posted by crunchburger at 11:39 AM on May 4, 2004
Few things suck more than reg. req'd links (without warning, no less), Satapher. I agree with you.
I was tricked by Yahoo's News search service. After locating the links there, I was able to open all of these links without subscribing. Only after creating the fpp did I find that the links no longer worked.
If you go to Yahoo, click their "News" link, and search for Stanford lion, you'll be able to open both "registration required" articles that I have bad links to in the fpp. Bizarre. posted by mcgraw at 11:41 AM on May 4, 2004
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Amid horse attacks, Stanford weighs hunting lion in hills
Stanford University, accustomed to sending scholars into the world, is now debating whether to send hunters into the hills surrounding campus to kill a mountain lion that may have mauled two horses pastured on university land.
The unusual scenario has university officials perplexed as they try to balance the threat of what may be a dangerous animal against the specter of a university-sponsored hunt.
``People are really concerned. What do you do when you have a mountain lion?'' Stanford spokesman Jack Hubbard said. ``Do you shoot it or do you protect it?''
Killing a suspected livestock predator might be a last resort, Hubbard said.
Stanford is designated as a game preserve with no hunting or fishing allowed, so the university may not be entitled to the usual permits to shoot animals that attack humans, livestock or pets.
And the notion of the university shooting a mountain lion is sure to raise the ire of animal rights protesters, fish and game experts said.
Stanford University has posted security guards at the four entrances to the popular Dish Trail pathways in the foothills. It also posted signs warning visitors of the mountain lion attacks.
posted by mcgraw at 8:26 AM on May 4, 2004