The Bishop Paiute Tribal Council takes the current mountain lion situation seriously and is working with California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to determine some options to alleviate the mountain lion concerns on the Bishop Reservation.
Here are some safety tips:
• Bring pet food inside home
• Bring water sources inside
• Bring pets inside (during nighttime)
• Parents, watch children as they play outside (bring children inside at sunset)
• If you come across a mountain lion:
• Be loud! Make noise to try and scare the animal away.
• Look large! Stand up, wave your arms, and hold your ground.
• As a last resort, throw rocks or objects.
• Don’t run! Back away slowly facing the animal.
If you experience issues with the mountain lion, please make a report to Dan Taylor, CDFW at 760-937-
2226.
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This web site is about the only source of local news I use. Have there been reports of mountain lions in the city limits or near by?
All of these comments? Why? It’s just an informational article. Why criticize? Leave the criticism for things that truly warrant it.
Dennison– there have been many instances where children were attacked by mountain lions . It’s easy to find if you look.
Jubie
I quote the Wildlife management spokesman….
“Risk of a Mountain Lion attack is infinitely small,more likely to drown in your bathtub,get killed by your pet Dog,or struck by lightning “.
But whoever wants to,I guess O.K. to see this,as “Vaguely” has stated,for some to see this as a “safety crisis ”
Don’t go outside,especially after the sun goes down.
Don’t fill up your tub and take a bath.
Don’t buy a pet Dog.
And when clouds form and you hear thunder and possible lightning coming,don’t go outside and get into the closet with an innertube around you.
“Vaguely”….chime in here….am I forgetting anything ?
With all due respect to those reporting this,but do the experts and authorities issuing this what seems a “dire warning” think it’s really that prevalent of a problem to the point of telling parents to watch their children while playing outside during the day and then bring their kids inside the house after sunset ?
Yes, they think it’s a prevalent problem, in keeping with the culture’s growing conviction that everything unpleasant in life constitutes a crisis. It’s called safetyism.
We have warning labels on Pizza boxes saying take pizza out of box before eating… just sayin’
Robert
And “warnings ” lighting up on our vehicle computer screens mounted on the dashboards telling us to be sure to “check for oncoming traffic” and pressing “O.K. ” before we are able put the car in gear and move forward or back…
Thank you, Bishop Paiute Tribe, for the reminder and advice.
This is a very real potential hazard which exists in our Eastern Sierra communities. While reports of mountain lion attacks on people are actually quite rare, they nevertheless do happen.
Here in Big Pine, the local Facebook group–BigPine411– often has warnings, reports, photographs, and security camera footage posted of mountain lions frequenting people’s yards and property here in town, as well as on the outskirts of town. Reports of predation on livestock and pets are also not uncommon. It is a public service to all of us to be reminded every now and then of potential hazards and to take reasonable precautions to protect ourselves and others.
Charles James
Maybe a good idea to let people know,that don’t already know that there are Mountain Lions up,in and around our towns,but…IMO.. a bit of a stretch telling parents to bring the kids inside the house when the sun goes down.
What concerns me the most,for the Animal’s sake,once that video of the Mountain Lion was put out there on social-media,near and abroad, the comments and posts started coming from others,many out-of-towners,asking when,where and trying to get locations of other sightings…
Nothing more some of our SoCal visitors would like than to come up here,drive around early morning and “bag” a Mountain Lion,probably claiming an” attack”,so they could post their “selfies” and smart-phone photos on facebook,showing their friends down south of what they’ve done.
As far as reporting a Mountain Lion sighting,personally,something I would never do…remembering many years ago,someone doing that very thing,the authorities saying the sighting was “too close to a tourist destination “,going up into the nearby canyon,shooting and killing what turned out to be a Momma Lion with very young baby cubs that I’m sure ended up dying.
One time on a camping trip,I had an over-night Black Bear visit in a campground,made the mistake of telling the camp host,and he balled me out,saying I should’ve driven into town…at 2 A.M. (since I don’t have a cell phone ) and called 9-1-1 to alert the “authorities ” to handle the ” problem “.
Sure,there are Wild Animals out there that,one in a million could cause harm.
The only time I’ve had that happen was right here in town,when two domesticated un-leashed Pit Bulls got onto my property and killed two of my Cats and a neighbors small Dog,all in our yards.
Not a Mountain Lion…not a Black Bear,but someone that allowed their aggressive pet Pit Bulls to roam free in town to chase and kill our pets.
THAT is when I called the authorities to deal with the problem.
Either that,or,next time ready to deal with the problem myself..
Let’s go over the top the other way….this whole agruement is ridiculous…..we already know you do not like people, and you are the number one NIMBY in Inyo County….
Yay Charles… good to hear a level headed, unemotional reality based opinion.