Mountain Lion Spotted Near Douglas Preserve
By an edhat reader
Please post this for parents of young kids and pet owners. A mountain lion was seen in the Arroyo Burrow Creek near the Douglas Preserve.
A friend spoke to the park ranger who confirmed it. The adult male lion was last seen under the bridge towards the Oak Grove Trail. Everyone be aware!
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Dec 17, 2022 08:55 AMWow! That’s unusually close to so many people! I used to live around there. I wonder if after all the rain it might return to the mountains or if it decides to hang out here for easy pickings.
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Dec 17, 2022 09:13 AMYup, gentrification and easy pickings with the bigly mountain folk kitties.
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Dec 17, 2022 10:01 AMPoor thing, not very many options of where she can go.
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Dec 17, 2022 11:17 AMBack to the hills and Los Padres Forest would be good.
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Dec 17, 2022 01:18 PMHmmm, I hope this is BS for the cat's sake. Such a long way from the forest. It might have come down the Barger Cyn or San Roque Creek drainage, then under 101 and into Arroyo Burro Creek - otherwise came down some other drainage and has been hanging out in that open space area for a while. Quite a feat to make it there if indeed true.
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Dec 17, 2022 04:47 PMWe live Near Refugio and a mountain lion has killed about a
dozen sheep up this way. They are DANGEROUS
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Dec 17, 2022 05:09 PMPrimarily if you're a sheep or other ungulate.
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Dec 17, 2022 06:03 PMMountain lions aren’t especially dangerous to people SZQ. Hopefully you’re not implying that. These top predators have a significant role in their ecosystems. Losing sheep to them where you’re living shouldn't be surprising. You’re in the wilderness, which is great, but it comes at a cost if you want to have a flock.
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Dec 19, 2022 09:24 AMYes, Basic. Just like bull sharks, rattlesnakes, enraged hippos, box jelly fish, etc, you're right..... mountain lions are perfectly safe around people. Especially young children. Anyone who takes precautions around them would just be silly and paranoid.
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Dec 19, 2022 09:11 AMMaybe we have our own P22 we can call PSB.