Mountain Lion Week

There have been three events in Davis this week focusing on Puma concolor, the large cat of North America. It’s California’s last large predator, the wolf and grizzly having been extirpated.

Walter Boyce of the Wildlife Health Center gave a talk on Tuesday to a general audience; there was a showing of Counting Sheep (an independent film about bighorn sheep and mountain lions) last night where he answered questions at the end, and then a summit meeting today that involved agency folks, scientists, non-profits, and a host of other interested parties.

I’m quite tired—I took notes for the duration of this five-hour meeting—so I will go to bed and hope to dream about this beautiful animal that is holding its own in the state (for now).