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> From: mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: PHPALS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [RC] FW: Mountain lion attacks 4 horses > Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:35:36 -0700 > > April 25, 2008 > > Santa Rosa Press Democrat (California) > > Mountain lion attacks 4 horses > > A year-old mountain lion attacked four horses off Stony Point Road in Santa > Rosa on Tuesday night. > > The horses' injuries range from claw marks to puncture wounds. They were > expected to recover but were exhausted from the ordeal, Mary Quinn, their > caretaker, said. > > Quinn said all the horses had been originally rescued from abuse and > remained skittish after the attack. The mountain lion apparently climbed > into the enclosure and went after the horses. > > The horses were attacked by dogs three years ago, Quinn said, and likely > drew on their memory of that attack to work together to fight off the > mountain lion. "They are very capable of protecting each other," Quinn said. > > A mountain lion expert with the Sonoma County Agricultural Commissioner's > Office confirmed the attack and suggested to Quinn that she purchase > undomesticated donkeys as guardians for her small herd, Quinn said. > > Donkeys will fight mountain lions, she said. > > Joe Montoya of the Agricultural Commissioner's Office could not be reached > for comment. > > -- Laura Norton > > > Mike Sherrell > > www.postindustrialhorsemanship.com > 707 887 2919/fax 707 887 9834 > Sebastopol, CA > <\___~ > // \\ > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. > It has removed 38432 spam emails to date. > Paying users do not have this message in their emails. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. > Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp > Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp > > Ride Long and Ride Safe!! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >
