2000 Fall - Mountain Lion Foundation

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MOUNTAIN
l ION
FOUNDATION
Shopping Mall
YEAR 2001 MOUNTAIN LION
CALENDAR
Thanks to people like
you, mountain lions are
guaranteed to survive into
the next millennium.
Celebrate their majestic
beauty with our year 2001
calendar. The stunning
images captured by
wildlife photographer
Denver Bryan will enhance
the days and
months of all who receive
it. $10.95
el'ALK ON UIE WILD SIDE" FA NY PACK' . • -
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center pouch is perfect for your water bottle or camera lens. $17.95
Prop. 117 cOlllinuedfrom page 3
ditor recently issued a report criticizing both
CDFG and State Parks for the lack of current
- or in many cases "any" - plans for the
management of the public's property.
One egregious example of this lack ofplanning
is a state park campground planned for
placement right smack in the middle of a
mountain lion corridor! We all know that if
this occurs any mountain lions that have the
tenacity to use this wildlife corridor will be
killed in the name of public safety.
Additionally, although Proposition 117 has
stopped the legal hunting of mountain lions
in California, it has not stopped the illegal
killing of these animals. CDFG estimates that
commercial poaching in this state is the second
greatest threat to wildlife aJter habitat
destruction. MLF is working on the problem,
but it is a difficult long-term issue that requires
the mutual cooperation of everyone
from the neighbor who sees the killing to the
local District Attorney willing to prosecute
these criminals to the fullest extent of the law.
Finally, although California's voters overwhelmingly
chose to implement and protect
Proposition 117, there are still a number of
people who are unaware of their role in keeping
themselves, their children and their property
safe while protecting wildlife. Too many
rural residents are causing mountain lions,
bears, and other wild animals to be killed by
CDFG because they choose to attract predators
with their practices of deliberately feeding
wildlife, improperly containing their garbage,
or following the inappropriate practice
of not implementing even the most rudimentary
livestock management and protection
practices while their livelihood (livestock)
roams the countryside. Ignorance as well as
indifference has been deadly to Califomia's
wildlife.
With the perspective of time, it is clear to
us that California's Propo ition 117 was a good
beginning. A solid foundation upon which to
build. It is also a powerful example 01' what
can be accomplished when wildlife upporters
unite. At the same time, Propo ition 117
serves as a con tant reminder that the good
fight is never done. That it take a long time
to change government institution, and how
fragile are the victories, and how et rnal i
the struggle. MLF
Please lise the enclosed envelope. 7