Like A Teapot

There it is again, isn't it? Population control is always someone else's problem.

It a difficult problem. Here in Oregon cougars are more of a problem, but bears also get into trouble. Most of the human population growth here is from people moving in from other states; especially Californians. For decades our neighbor to the south has been the major source of the influx. I suppose it parallels the situation Canada has with the USA, though we don't hear a lot about that.

I heard that Oregon had an active campaign to discourage immigration but encourage tourism.

Officially, Oregon only discourages illegal immigration, but of course we get it anyway. Most notably in the form of Mexican gangs cultivating marijuana on remote public lands.

Here it's coyotes and cougers. Cougers were brought in to control the coyotes..as there was too much protest over shooting the animals, but I don't want either running through my yard..Oy my poor dogs can't be tied out unsupervised.

As usual the solution to a problem often causes a larger problem.

Which would bring us back to the originating problem and the cause of it, the one of the coyotes.

Yes exactlty...
The new housing/business developments have caused the critters to move into the village.

It was about a year ago that I heard gunshots in the middle of the night..and my dog (rottweiler) was barking like mad so I got out of my bed and went outside to see what was going on...

Turns out my neighbor was trying to scare coyotes (three of em') away from my Rottie. I always look out when the dog starts to bark now.

My neighbor is by no means a dog fan, but I was touched to know he was looking out for my dog.

Why, in Heaven's name, was your Rottie tied outside at night?

Every farm with livestock requires a gaurd dog for the other animals.

He is also a much loved pet, but he is a trained working animal. Being a rottweiler he was bred to gaurd aand he is very happy doing so. He has constant access to the barn which is heated. The cats also live outside being barn cats and serve their purpose.

Sorry for re-awakening an old post, but I managed to miss this somehow.

Originally posted by derWandersmann:

I heard that Oregon had an active campaign to discourage immigration

When I lived in California, the immigration that most concerned Oregonians was that of the Californians moving in. The message that we kept hearing was "Don't Cali-fornicate Oregon!"

Originally posted by Tabmartel:

The new housing/business developments have caused the critters to move into the village.

I don't think that's actually the case. I've been reading up on coyotes. Their original range was the western U.S., but they are everywhere now, and have moved into relatively populated areas in the U.S. even when there is plenty of undeveloped regions just outside of towns. What I was reading is that the Europeans killed off most of the big predators in the U.S., so this opened up a niche for these smaller predators. And they have thrived.

Not sure I would prefer having the big predators back in Ohio.