AR-News: (US AZ) Environmental Group Says Wildlife Managers Deceived Public

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

Mountain lion warnings are now a regular part of visiting Sabino Canyon, but 
not even Friday?s capture of a cat phased Easter visitors.
 
?Not really, not at all,? said Sabino Canyon visitor Jeremy Hammerton, who 
grew up in Tucson but now lives in Atlanta.  ?Looking at the number of people 
around, it seems as though it would be a rare instance that we might encounter 
one.  That might be a naﶥ approach to take, but I feel pretty safe out here.?
 
?I?m not really scared to be in (Sabino Canyon),? said Tucsonan Jennifer 
Palys.  ?I definitely feel a little safer now that they got (a mountain lion).?
 
But the recent capture bothers at least one environmental group: Earth First. 
 The group says when Game and Fish and the Forest Service announced they were 
scaling back the mountain lion search two weeks ago, they gave the impression 
that no mountain lions would be captured.


full story:

http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=1776844&nav=14RTMD7e 
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