My sister Jodie sent me the following email (she lives in a small town SE of SA): This was in our news on the day it was found. When Bob and I owned the ranch outside of Bandera, we had a Mt. lion that lived in an open rock overhang den. To get to it we had to climb all the way to the top of the land and then back down the other side. The Mt. Lion (he/she?)would watch us work and never seemed interested in us or Clyde [their dog]. We never even had a gun to protect ourselves. Just looked for it, saw it and went on about our business. I also had one here when I first moved here. We could hear it scream some evenings. One day I found its tracks along the side of my house. They were huge. He/she was following a deer because the tracks of the deer were in front of it. I assume at some point it caught the deer. Never actually saw the Mt. L but they are all over TX. Their everywhere! Louise List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 12:12:53 -0600 From: t.b.sam...@gmail.com To: germa...@aol.com CC: gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org; texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Mountain lion killed on highway by town of Medina
We would see them at night between Uvalde and Eagle Pass and Crystal City in the 1950s back when I was a kid. Ted On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Julia Germany <germa...@aol.com> wrote: HI Geary! Thanks for posting this. However, I don't think mountain lions get email, so reminding them to be careful out there might not reach them. What a beautiful cat, and so cool that he was strong and healthy, and his carcass will be put to good use. I was not aware that they are in the Medina area. And kudos to the person who was hit him for being kind enough to move him off the road - if only they would have called authorities. At least he was found in time to be a learning tool for those urbanites...... I went to the University of Houston and our mascot is the Cougar. Back in the 80's, he was kept in a concrete, air conditioned, glassed-in cage so the students could appreciate having a live mascot. Just made me cry. And then they had to dope him a little so they could take him to the games. These creatures deserve so much better. julia -----Original Message----- From: Geary Schindel <gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org> To: texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com> Sent: Fri, Nov 2, 2012 4:52 pm Subject: [Texascavers] Mountain lion killed on highway by town of Medina Be careful out there. G Here is a link to the Bandera Bulletin article; this lion was killed by a car a few weeks ago. This location would be about five to ten miles east of the town of Medina in northern Bandera County. http://www.banderabulletin.com/news/article_145e60bc-1ec8-11e2-a92d-0019bb2963f4.html?photo=0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
