FOOD SET OUT FOR FERAL ANIMALS STOPPED AS COUGAR-MEAL BAIT.Byline: Alex Dobuzinskis Staff Writer GLENDALE - City officials have ordered residents to stop leaving food for a colony of feral cats “Stray cat” redirects here. For the band, see Stray Cats. Feral cats are the descendants of domesticated cats that were abandoned by their owners or that strayed into wild areas from their homes. living at a power station because a mountain lion mountain lion: see puma. has been spotted in the area. Residents have been feeding about two dozen cats at the Grayson Power Plant, 634 Bekins Way, where a mountain lion was captured on videotape on Sept. 28. A security guard also reported seeing a mountain lion in the area early Sunday. ``If we stop feeding the feral cats, the feral cats are going to have to go find something to eat elsewhere. And that's going to eliminate the problem of the concentration (of cats) that we believe is contributing to the mountain lion being drawn to the area,'' said Park Ranger A park ranger is a person charged with protecting and preserving protected parklands, forests (then called a forest ranger), wilderness areas, as well as other natural resources and protected cultural resources. Supervisor Russ Hauck. Authorities believe the mountain lion is preying on the cats and on skunks, racoons and possums attracted to the food left for the cats. A couple of Glendale residents have fed the cats for years, and last year city officials authorized the feeding as part of a program to catch and neuter neu·ter adj. 1. Having undeveloped or imperfectly developed sexual organs. 2. Sexually undeveloped. n. A castrated animal. v. To castrate or spay. neuter 1. feral cats. But the authorization has been stopped as a result of the mountain lion sightings
Sightings was a paranormal-themed television program that was first broadcast as an hour special entitled "UFO Report: Sightings" in October 1991. . A group called Dedication and Everlasting everlasting or immortelle (ĭm'ôrtĕl`), names for numerous plants characterized by papery or chaffy flowers that retain their form and often their color when dried and are used for winter bouquets and decorations. Love to Animals, or DELTA rescue, then became involved. Over the weekend, members tried to trap the cats and take them away from the power plant. DELTA caught about a dozen cats, but to catch more the group would need to use food, and city officials will not allow that. ``We understand they've got liability issues associated with the mountain lion. But in our opinion the cats are not the problem, and it's in the city's best interest in our opinion to allow those cats to get out of there,'' said Elizabeth Kollar, a spokeswoman for DELTA. Cats captured by DELTA were taken to the group's 100-acre shelter in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. . The group fears the feral cats have been fed for so long that they will starve on their own, Kollar said. Meanwhile, authorities on Monday and Tuesday handed out 1,000 fliers to residents near the power plant warning them that a mountain lion has been seen in the area. The mountain lion is believed to be a juvenile trying to establish its own territory, Hauck said. Alex Dobuzinskis, (818) 546-3304 alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com |
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