{"id":90943,"date":"2016-03-23T09:27:09","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T17:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=90943"},"modified":"2016-03-23T09:28:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T17:28:10","slug":"is-it-lion-supremacy-to-care-about-the-survival-of-this-mountain-lion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=90943","title":{"rendered":"Is It Lion Supremacy To Care About The Survival Of This Mountain Lion?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New York Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The problem, experts say, is that there is nowhere else for him to go. Male mountain lions fight to the death to protect their territory, and there is no suitable habitat left unclaimed in California. \u201cIt\u2019s not like there is some mountain lion Shangri-La with no adult male lion,\u201d said Seth Riley, a wildlife ecologist with the National Park Service, which has been tracking P-22 with a GPS collar since 2012. \u201cMoving animals around generally results in their death.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are benefits to having an apex predator in Griffith Park, said David Ryu, the city councilman whose district includes the park. They eat coyotes, which are much more likely than a mountain lion to eat a pet dog.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we get rid of him, what next?\u201d Mr. Ryu said. \u201cDo we get rid of all the coyotes? They prey on raccoons. Then do we get rid of the raccoons? Where do you draw the line?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New York Times: The problem, experts say, is that there is nowhere else for him to go. Male mountain lions fight to the death to protect their territory, and there is no suitable habitat left unclaimed in California. \u201cIt\u2019s not … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29733],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diversity"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t