USP stocking cats?!?!?!

[Snowy]

Heard this pic is from potter co. Heard all the cats had tags in their ears that said contact the USP if found.

[Dredly]

what is USP?

[R.W.J]

Heard this pic is from potter co. Heard all the cats had tags in their ears that said contact the USP if found.

http://www.tetonvalleynews.net/news/...cc4c002e0.html

Cougars prowling Swan Valley neighborhoods
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Cougars in Swan Valley
A mountain lion with cubs has been seen in neighborhoods around Swan Valley.

.Posted: Thursday, September 1, 2011 12:00 am | Updated: 4:23 pm, Wed Aug 31, 2011.

Cougars prowling Swan Valley neighborhoods Kylie Bearse Local News 8 Teton Valley News | 1 comment

A female mountain lion and its two yearling kittens have been prowling around Swan Valley. Fish and Game officials believe the same mountain lion is responsible for the death of two pets in the area.

The cats have been spotted quite a bit recently, lounging on decks and near the river.

They are not shy and since they have become accustomed to being around humans, Idaho Fish and Game has hired hound hunters to track the cats and, depending on the situation, they will either dart and relocate, or have to put the animals down.

But it won't be an easy job.

"Officers are investigating what is going on, but cats are very hard to work with because they spend most of their time out at night moving around," said Gregg Losinski, Regional Wildlife Conservation Education.

“It’s just something we have to do when animals have shown that they’re not afraid of people or have become habituated to food that is related to humans,” said Losinski.

One of the big concerns for folks in Swan Valley is a school in the same area where the cougars have been spotted.

Officials said the cats aren’t interested in humans, and, in fact, they are afraid of them.

Pets are a different story.

In order to protect your pets, especially small dogs, when you let them out at night make sure you stay with them, leave the light on and make noise to let the mountain lions know you’re there.

A pet died on Friday from an attack and then another small dog was found dead on Monday.

Fish and Game officer, Shane Liss, said they’ve used a hound hunter once, but at this point have no other plans to track or catch the animals.

Rachael Horne contributed to this story.

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Heard this pic is from potter co. Heard all the cats had tags in their ears that said contact the USP if found.

Those aren't cats, those are the coyotes that the insurance companies are importing to keep down the deer strikes. They're just incognito.

How else do you think they get around unnoticed?

@ Dredly. I think that USP may be referring to the Unified Sportsman group that sued PGC. Although I can't imagine why they would be stocking mountain lions considering that would just bring down the deer populations even more. Not to mention that it would probably be in violation of Federal Endangered Species laws as well as state game laws.

[God's Country]

USP=Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania

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Now I get to hear all the neighbors asking whether i saw the pic of the potter co. lions for the next 6 months

[bigandy1966]

uhhhh? is this related to the picture?
"Idaho Fish and Game has hired hound hunters to track the cats and, depending on the situation,"
Is Iduhno part of Pencilvania? in Potter county

[Xpertz]

Swan Valley is in Idaho.....

[ranger_5_0]

Honestly, to me that picture looks like a horrible photoshop job. As to whether there are mt lions in PA ... can't prove it by me, I haven't seen one yet.

[Snowy]

Their not from Pa. I'm just bustin stones. Thanks RWJ. Meet you once (for a good thing). Stand up guy.

Was hoping to rattle the USP cage. Just had to play devils advocate a little.