Wildlife incidents are inevitable in Colorado’s mountain communities, but recent sightings along the Front Range have residents wondering, is it any safer?
, had been linked to the death of a mountain lion found just outside of Gunnison.
Kara Van Hoose, CPW’s Northeast Region public information officer, says that CPW looked for the mountain lion but could not find any evidence of it. “We weren’t able to see it ourselves, and there was unfortunately no taped video evidence that we were able to view, so we really don’t know,” she says. Two days later, the EPD received a report of a “cat” on someone’s roof.
Gonzales says the mountain lion population and density in the area is"estimated to be similar” to what it was last year. She stresses that what's changed is the human awareness of mountain lions, not mountain lion behavior. Video doorbells and security cameras also contribute to the increasing attention being given to the mountain lions that have quietly been here all along. Van Hoose explains that cougars are usually active from dusk until dawn, so motion-activated cameras have created a growing body of evidence of their activity in urban areas.
“Mountain lions will eat what’s around,” agrees Van Hoose. “I mean, it’s our responsibility, too, living in more metro areas, but also kind of on the fringes towards the mountains, to be aware that it’s also mountain lion territory. So that means leashing your pets [and] keeping an eye on them when they’re in the backyard.”
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