1 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This 2 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: is Cow's Week in Review with Ryan cow Klaan. Here's 3 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:24,280 Speaker 1: cal If you're already starting to hear the mantra new 4 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 1: Year knew Me deep in your brain and the anxiety 5 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: of making it stick is building, well, here's a story 6 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: of encouragement for you, and from a return guest. Even Wisdom, 7 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:40,880 Speaker 1: a laysan albatross, holds the title for the oldest known bird. 8 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: Wisdom was banded after laying an egg on Midway Atoll 9 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 1: in nineteen fifty six. Due to the fact that laison 10 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: albatross are not known to breed before the age of five, 11 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: Wisdom is estimated to be an impressive seventy four years old. 12 00:00:55,280 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: Now for the life is changeable affirmation part Wisdom's return 13 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: and is a feat for an older bird of any kind. 14 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 1: But there's more. Wisdom recently lost her established mating partner. 15 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: Albatross can mate for life, you know if nobody dies, 16 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:15,119 Speaker 1: so Wisdom hasn't reproduced in a few years. Imagine you're 17 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: kind of past the prime of your life, getting a 18 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 1: little long in the beak, so to speak. You spend 19 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: ninety percent of your life on or above the seas. 20 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: During this time, you travel hundreds of thousands of miles, 21 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: rarely touching land. You can accumulate as many as thirteen 22 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: thousand miles in just a couple of weeks, So in 23 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: your seventies you're kind of an established part of the 24 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: billion plus milers club, aka you're keeping it tight. But 25 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: finding a mate is not easy and the knees are 26 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: probably a little creaky. A courtship dance that consists of 27 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 1: up to twenty five different moves must take place, and 28 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: you know what it's like when your granny tries to 29 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 1: do the electric slide at your cousin's wedding. Not always pretty. 30 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: And if the dancing's good, the prospective pair will then 31 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: forage for food and build a nest together, which makes 32 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: sense as a grocery store trip from the nest can 33 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:11,239 Speaker 1: be as far as sixteen hundred miles. So trust is 34 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: a big deal to establish. If anyone listening has ever thought, 35 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: you know, let's buy a house or build a house 36 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 1: together as a relationship test, you know this kind of 37 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: has merit right now, take all this into consideration and 38 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 1: you think, you know, in your later years, is this 39 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: really worth it? Well, Wisdom has said, new year, knew me, 40 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: She dusted her feathers off, got back to being social, 41 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: accepted a new partner, and once again laid an egg 42 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: which is being well taken care of. Apparently, Wisdom has 43 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: raised over thirty chicks in her life and laid somewhere 44 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:49,919 Speaker 1: between sixty and seventy eggs. To comment on this Wisdom, 45 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: the Laisin albatross Wisdom, congratulations on making the most out 46 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,799 Speaker 1: of breeding season again. I suppose part of you had 47 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: to think I've been there, done that. I'm a little older, 48 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 1: maybe my time's up. Why'd you decide to get back 49 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: in the game. Wow, that's inspiring stuff right there. And 50 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 1: you weren't even going to join a gym this year? Huh. 51 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: This week we've got the crime desk, animal attacks, squirrels, 52 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: and so much more. But first, I'm going to tell 53 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 1: you about my week. And my week signaled the first 54 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: fire of the year in our round oak pot belly 55 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: stove as the rain turned to sleep and eventually snow 56 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 1: and back to rain again. Yes, we could have been 57 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: out killing geese, but they'll fly when the water stops too. 58 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: I hope at least everyone listening here is aware of 59 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: our Meat Eater live shows that we've been posting on 60 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: the Meat Eater podcast YouTube channel. On this week's installment, 61 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: we dedicate some time to New Year's resolutions, if you 62 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: believe in such a thing. This is really a fun 63 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: show and it's actually live. We answer questions from viewers 64 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: right on the spot, have fun guest interviews, and try 65 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: to give money away to conservation causes. And one more 66 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: shameless plug if you haven't tried it out yet, Tony 67 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: Peterson's Foundations right on this channel is a great listen. 68 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:15,119 Speaker 1: I think a unique angle on dog related podcasts. You'll 69 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 1: definitely learn something, even if that's something is just an 70 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,720 Speaker 1: affirmation of something you already knew. Talking to all you 71 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 1: old dog know it all's out there, son of a gun, 72 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: And boy, howdye January one? What if anything does that 73 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: mean to you? Right in and let us know. I'll 74 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:37,919 Speaker 1: tell you as I write this ahead of time. I 75 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,919 Speaker 1: darn sure didn't stay up till midnight unless the truck 76 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: got stuck somewhere or something like that. But I don't 77 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: think there is ever a bad time to start a 78 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,599 Speaker 1: new thing, unless maybe you're in a rubber life raft 79 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: in the Atlantic and thinking if you don't work on 80 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: your dart game right now, you'll never get around to it. 81 00:04:55,880 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: So twenty twenty five, I'm gonna work on my time manager, 82 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: which I'm terrible at. I always feel like there's more 83 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: time than there really is. I'm gonna shoot more clay pigeons. 84 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: Need to get back to busting a minimum case of 85 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: shotgun shells worth of clay pigeons this summer, but more 86 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 1: would be better. And I'm gonna try for more organization. 87 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: Dial in a system for the gear in, gear out 88 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: lifestyle of my shop, purge the extra stuff, recommit to 89 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: dog training on a consistent schedule. As a follow up 90 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: to the snort report, the whistlework is pretty much out 91 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,360 Speaker 1: the window. When she's amped up and full of herself 92 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: like she is right now, she's a monster again. All 93 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 1: my fault. That's all I've got for you right now. 94 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 1: Happy New Year, everybody, Let's get on with the news. 95 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 1: Moving on to the crime desk, Alaska State troopers are 96 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 1: investigating what they say is the largest poaching case to 97 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 1: hit the city of Anchorage in recent memory. Two men 98 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 1: have been arrested and one is on the run for 99 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 1: various crimes, including shooting a moose in a city park, 100 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: killing three doll sheep in a state park, and poaching 101 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,559 Speaker 1: another moose in a neighborhood. All the animals were taken 102 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,559 Speaker 1: in areas where hunting is not allowed. As is often 103 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: the case, these fellows were caught because they couldn't keep 104 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:16,720 Speaker 1: from bragging about their exploits on social media. Anchorage Daily 105 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: News reports that a wildlife photographer named Ryan Miller saw 106 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 1: one of the doll sheep in a photo on Facebook. 107 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 1: The hunter claimed he shot the sheep in the Talkeatona Mountains, 108 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: but the photographer recognized a distinctive crack across the tip 109 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,359 Speaker 1: of its right horn. He knew that sheep lived in 110 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 1: the Chugach State Park, not the talkeatnas He contacted the 111 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 1: Alaska Department of Fishing Game and they launched an investigation 112 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 1: into forty three year old Jerome Orton. One thing led 113 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: to another, and the investigation led to two other alleged poachers, 114 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: twenty seven year old John Wilson and thirty three year 115 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,160 Speaker 1: old Jedediah Lomer. All three men knew each other, and 116 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: they all bragged to others about their kills, which is 117 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 1: how investigators were able to learn about the other moose 118 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: and sheep. Wilson and Orton were arrested and they both 119 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: pled guilty to fourteen charges. They were both sentenced to 120 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: pay about six thousand dollars and are prohibited from hunting 121 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: or accompanying others while hunting for five years. Orton was 122 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: also sentenced to serve one hundred and twenty days and 123 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: a half way house. A warrant has been issued for 124 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 1: Lomer's arrest, but he hasn't turned himself in or been 125 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: located by law enforcement. If six thousand dollars doesn't seem 126 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: like a big deal, how about this. A Kentucky man 127 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 1: was sentenced earlier this month to pay forty four thousand 128 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: dollars for operating an illegal turkey guiding outfit, six thousand 129 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: bucks for poaching moose and sheet forty four k for 130 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: operating an illegal turkey guiding outfit. Kentucky Game Wardens say 131 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 1: fifty nine year old Timothy Smithwick guided hunters without a 132 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 1: license and baited his property for turkeys. After a months 133 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 1: long investigation, he was arrested and charged for eight counts 134 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 1: of illegal take of turkey, eight counts of illegal guiding, 135 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: trapping violations, resident hunting trapping without a license, and a 136 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 1: convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Five of his 137 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 1: clients were also charged with various hunting violations, including hunting 138 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: over bait, hunting without a permit, using an unplugged shotgun, 139 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: and using an electronic turkey call. They take turkey seriously 140 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: down in Old Kentuck, so the judge ordered Smithwick to 141 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 1: pay a whopping forty four thousand dollars in restitution. A 142 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 1: maintenance manager in Oregon was fired from his job last 143 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 1: year after he left work without asking permission to go hunting. 144 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: He claimed he did it to quote blow off steam 145 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,680 Speaker 1: due to his heavy workload, but it turned out that 146 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: he trespassed and hunted the deer unlawfully. Now he's suing 147 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 1: the school district for unfair termination. Fifty five year old 148 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: Paul Simmons had worked for the Klatskinny School District for 149 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 1: twenty nine years. Back in twenty twenty three, the district 150 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 1: says he left work without taking official time off and 151 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 1: went hunting with his son. He shot a deer, but 152 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: a subsequent investigation by the Oregon State Police resulted in 153 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 1: criminal charges for trespassing, unlawful hunting, and official misconduct. He 154 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: pled guilty to those charges and was sentenced to one 155 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: and a half year's probation, a two thousand dollars fine, 156 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 1: and a three year hunting license suspension. But the clat 157 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: Skinny School district was none too happy. They fired him 158 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 1: for skipping out on work, and they also cited the 159 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 1: criminal charges as their reason for termination. But he says 160 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: those crimes were committed during quote personal time, which he 161 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: needed because he was overworked and had just learned that 162 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 1: his father had terminal cancer. He's suing the school district 163 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 1: for six hundred and seventy seven thousand dollars in back pay, 164 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: future wages, and emotional distress. That case is still ongoing. 165 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 1: According to local media, poaching is never okay, but if 166 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: you ask me, skipping work to go hunting shouldn't be 167 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 1: a fireable offense. Go to be shut to this now, 168 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: I don't think so, MORLACQ. Yeah, I've been chewed out before. 169 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: A Michigan hunter is facing charges for killing an impressive 170 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:10,319 Speaker 1: twenty point whitetail buck without having the proper licenses. According 171 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 1: to WWMT News Channel three, Brennan Renee d shot the 172 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: giant buck on the first day of the state's rifle season. However, 173 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: a subsequent investigation revealed that she did not properly tag 174 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 1: the deer or have a license with her when she 175 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 1: shot it. Now she's facing charges for possession of a 176 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:31,199 Speaker 1: weapon without a hunting license, improper possession of a firearm 177 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:35,079 Speaker 1: in a motor vehicle, and violations related to improper tags. 178 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: D might have gotten away with it, but she and 179 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: her buck were covered on news Channel three. She told 180 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 1: reporters that even though this is the biggest deer she's 181 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 1: ever gotten, she wants to spend more time in the 182 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: woods this year to try to get Another problem was 183 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:50,679 Speaker 1: The outlet ran a picture of the buck on its 184 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 1: website which shows what looks like a tag on the 185 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 1: deer's antler, but one of the commenters points out that 186 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:59,559 Speaker 1: the tag wasn't a fixed properly. This person added that 187 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 1: they QUI hope the DNR doesn't confiscate it. I guess 188 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: fame isn't always what it's cracked up to be. Last 189 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 1: one for you. Back in October, game wardens with the 190 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 1: New York Department of Environmental Conservation noticed a vehicle park 191 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 1: next to a wooded area that was closed to hunting. 192 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 1: Wardens found a man they believed was a hunter, but 193 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: he apparently wasn't forthcoming with what he'd been doing or 194 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: whether he'd killed a deer, so wardens brought in the 195 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 1: canine unit and a dog named Kai. While the wardens 196 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 1: were speaking with the hunter, Kai tracked down a freshly killed, 197 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 1: untagged eight point buck that had been dragged into the 198 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 1: woods adjacent to the road. That investigation is ongoing, but 199 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: I'd say whatever happens, old Kai deserves an atta boy 200 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 1: and a few extra belly scritches. Moving on the animal 201 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 1: attack Desk, a deer hunter from Ohio, claims he was 202 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:53,440 Speaker 1: attacked by a bobcat last month while hunting for deer 203 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 1: in northern Michigan's Huron National Forest. Twenty year old Joe 204 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 1: Greigerchek told The Toledo Blade that he was walking through 205 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 1: the woods at dusk when something angry and furry jumped 206 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 1: on him from behind. It latched onto his backpack and was, 207 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 1: according to Joe, yowling in his right ear. He thought 208 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: it weighed about thirty to forty pounds. Joe screamed and 209 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 1: tried to grab the animal as he fell to the ground. 210 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 1: He did eventually convince it to run away, but not 211 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 1: before it took a chunk out of his left hand. 212 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:24,080 Speaker 1: The darkness kept him from positively identifying the critter, but 213 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 1: he believes it was a bobcat. Others aren't so sure. 214 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 1: To Forestry Service biologists who spoke with the Blade said 215 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 1: that while it could have been a bobcat, they think 216 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 1: more likely the culprit is a raccoon. They've only seen 217 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 1: bobcats a handful of times, and they always disappear into 218 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:42,960 Speaker 1: the forest before allowing a human to get too close. 219 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 1: Raccoons are a different story. They can be aggressive when 220 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: surprised or threatened, and even though they usually attack people 221 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 1: in urban settings, there are reports of raccoon attacks every year. Still, 222 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 1: just a few minutes on the Google machine reveals a 223 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:59,680 Speaker 1: handful of bobcat attacks from the last few years. There's 224 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 1: a crazy video from twenty twenty one of a North 225 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: Carolina man saving his wife from a bobcat that attacked 226 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: them in their driveway. The cat launches itself at the 227 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 1: woman and the man grabs it and hurls it across 228 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: the yard. And just earlier this year, a bobcat that 229 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 1: officials believe was rabid attacked a sixty six year old 230 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 1: man in a national park in Arizona. Bobcat attacks are rare, 231 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 1: but they do happen, so maybe Old Joe is onto something. 232 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,360 Speaker 1: If you, or anyone you know, has ever been attacked 233 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 1: by a bobcat, we'd love to hear from you. Let 234 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 1: me know. A group of anglers saved a hiker from 235 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:37,680 Speaker 1: black bear attack last month in British Columbia. Conservation officer 236 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 1: said the hiker was walking with his dog off leash 237 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 1: on a Metro Vancouver trail when a bear appeared and 238 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 1: began fighting with the dog. They don't say exactly how 239 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:48,559 Speaker 1: this happened, but the hiker was able to regain control 240 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 1: of his dog and attempted to leave the area, but 241 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 1: the bear said not so fast. It went after the 242 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 1: dog again, and the hiker was injured as he attempted 243 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 1: to defend himself and his pooch from the bruin. That's 244 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:02,319 Speaker 1: when group of anglers who were fishing nearby heard the 245 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 1: commotion and came to the rescue. They fought off the 246 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: bear and killed it, and the hiker received medical attention 247 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 1: for non life threatening injuries. What's strange about this story 248 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 1: is that the conservation Officers Service does not explain how 249 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: the bear died. The statement reads a group of nearby 250 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: anglers came to assist the bear died. I'm sure there's 251 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: nothing more to that story. It's unlikely the anglers used 252 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 1: a firearm, given canada strict firearm regulations and the proximity 253 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: to nearby neighborhoods. But I'm left wondering how did they 254 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: do it. Maybe they used a knife, maybe a rock 255 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: or a club. Maybe somebody wrapped their flylon around the 256 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: bear's neck. Maybe the bear just had a heart attack 257 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 1: or keeled over. Whatever they did, and Nick Cropsey of 258 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: the Animal confirmed that the bear was killed in self defense, 259 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 1: so there won't be any further investigation. Big thanks to 260 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 1: the listener Dakota Mortenson Brady for sending us that story. 261 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 1: Staying in the Great White North, here's another story of 262 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 1: a Canadian fighting off a bear in heroic fashion. A 263 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: man living in a room remote region of northern Ontario 264 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: suffered serious injuries earlier this month when police say jumped 265 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: on the back of a polar bear to defend his wife. 266 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 1: The couple lives in Fort Severn, First Nation, and they 267 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 1: left their home early one morning to find a polar 268 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: bear in their driveway. Like that bobcat in North Carolina, 269 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 1: it lunged at the woman and she fell to the ground. 270 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 1: Polar bears are a good bit more dangerous than Bobcat's, 271 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 1: but that didn't stop the husband from coming to the rescue. 272 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 1: He jumped on the polar bear's back, gaining the bear's attention. 273 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 1: The bear chewed up the man's arms and legs, but 274 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:32,040 Speaker 1: it wasn't able to do any permanent damage before a 275 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 1: neighbor came over with a gun and shot the animals 276 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: several times. The bear retreated into the forest, where it 277 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: died of its injuries. The man's injuries were serious, but 278 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: he is expected to recover. If you ever find yourself 279 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 1: in the claws of a polar bear, you should follow 280 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: this fellow's example. A scientist with Polar Bear International told 281 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 1: the CBC that playing dead is not a good idea 282 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 1: with North America's largest land predator. Fight like crazy for 283 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 1: as long as you can, and hope you have a 284 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: well armed neighbor. You might be asking yourself, why are 285 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 1: you supposed to play dead when attacked by a grizzly 286 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: bear but not a polar bear? The rationale you'll get 287 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: from most biologists is that grizzly attacks are often defensive. 288 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 1: They feel threatened and are just looking to end the threat, 289 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 1: so they might be satisfied if they see you lying 290 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 1: very still on the ground. Polar bear attacks, on the 291 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: other hand, are very predatory. They're looking for food and 292 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: they don't mind munching on you, whether you're alive or not. 293 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 1: Of course, if playing dead isn't enough to get a 294 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 1: grizzly off your back, you'll have to start throwing elbows. 295 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 1: The National Park Service says on its website quote if 296 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 1: the attack persists, fight back vigorously. Use whatever you have 297 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: at hand to hit the bear in the face. The 298 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: idea with any bear attack is to try to understand 299 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 1: what the bear wants. If it just wants to get away, 300 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 1: let it think you aren't a threat. If it wants 301 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: to eat you, fight like hell. Thanks to listener Cale 302 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 1: Patterson for sending that one. In moving on to the 303 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 1: squirrel desk, regular listeners of this podcast will know that 304 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 1: invasive gray squirrels in England have really done a number 305 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,880 Speaker 1: on the country's native red squirrel population. Rich folks imported 306 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:08,439 Speaker 1: gray squirrels to the UK back in the eighteen hundreds, 307 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 1: but the grays out competed red squirrels for food and territory, 308 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 1: and they're also better adapted to survive a viral disease 309 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:18,880 Speaker 1: called squirrel pox. The population of native reds has declined 310 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 1: steadily since then, but I'm here today with some good news. 311 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 1: Scientists in Scotland have been running a citizen science survey 312 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:28,360 Speaker 1: program that asked people to record the times in places 313 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:31,439 Speaker 1: they see red squirrels. The results this year indicate that 314 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:34,119 Speaker 1: sightings have gone up and there is evidence that some 315 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 1: reds are returning to areas where they had been driven out. 316 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 1: In fact, the survey reported a thirty percent increase in 317 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 1: red squirrel sightings from last year, and the twenty five 318 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 1: hundred red squirrels spotted in the second highest number to date, 319 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 1: according to local media. Public sightings also revealed the success 320 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 1: of ongoing conservation efforts to eradicate gray squirrels from Aberdeen, 321 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,959 Speaker 1: with numerous reports of reds returning to the city and 322 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 1: no grays spotted. By also asked respondents to note when 323 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 1: they saw gray squirrels and that information is being used 324 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:09,400 Speaker 1: to direct conservation resources to those areas to continue eradicating 325 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:12,480 Speaker 1: the non native species. If they ever need any help, 326 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 1: that better, buddy Clay Nucombe would be happy to fly 327 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 1: over there with a few of his mules and squirrel 328 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 1: dogs and put an even bigger dent than those gray 329 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:22,640 Speaker 1: squirrel numbers. You know I'd be willing to tag along too. 330 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 1: Moving on to the salmon desk, Scotland isn't the only 331 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:32,120 Speaker 1: place where we're seeing the success of sustained long term 332 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: conservation efforts. Last month, the California Department of Fish and 333 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:39,120 Speaker 1: Wildlife reported seeing the first returns of threatened cohost salmon 334 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 1: to the Upper Klamath River Basin. Salmon haven't been seen 335 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 1: in this section of the Klamath in more than sixty years, 336 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 1: but thanks to the removal of the Iron Gate Dam 337 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 1: back in October, the CDFW was able to document cohost 338 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:55,639 Speaker 1: salmon occupying their historic habitat in the upper Watershed. On 339 00:18:55,680 --> 00:19:00,159 Speaker 1: November thirteen, seven cohosts salmon entered cdfw's new Fall Creek 340 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: Fish Hatchery in Siskiyud County, which is located on Fall Creek, 341 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 1: a formerly inaccessible Klamath River tributary, about seven and a 342 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 1: half miles upstream of the former Iron Gate Dam location. 343 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:15,120 Speaker 1: To see cohosts successfully returning this quickly to this new 344 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:19,199 Speaker 1: habitat post dam removal is exciting, said Eric Jones, a 345 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 1: senior environmental scientist who oversees cdfw's North State hatchery operations. 346 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:26,919 Speaker 1: We've already seen the chinook make it back, and now 347 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 1: we're seeing the coho make it back. Of the seven 348 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:32,400 Speaker 1: cohost salmon that entered the Fall Creek Fish Hatchery last week, 349 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:36,439 Speaker 1: four were male and three were female. Two admissing adipose fins, 350 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 1: identifying them as being of hatchery origin. The other five 351 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 1: were natural origin fish. As all hatchery raised, cohost salmon 352 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 1: and the klamath have their adipose fins removed for identification 353 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 1: prior to release. The returning coho are being kept at 354 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 1: the Fall Creek Hatchery pending genetic testing at the Noah 355 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: Southwest Fishery Science Center Laboratory in Santa Cruz. Geneticis will 356 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 1: determine which the seven coho are the least related genetically 357 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:06,359 Speaker 1: and direct the spawning of those pairs to maximize genetic diversity. 358 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 1: Co host salmon and the Klamath basin are listed as 359 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 1: a threatened species under bowl State and Federal Endangered Species Act. 360 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,359 Speaker 1: Co host salmon typically returned freshwater to spawn in the 361 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:19,400 Speaker 1: late fall and winter, later than the more numerous fall 362 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: run Chinook salmon. Cdfw's Fall Creek Fish Hatchery has an 363 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 1: annual production goal of raising seventy five thousand co hosts 364 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,440 Speaker 1: salmon to help restore populations in the Upper Klamath River 365 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:34,680 Speaker 1: basin post Damn removal. So there you go to inspiring 366 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 1: conservation success stories to get your new year off on 367 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 1: the right foot. If red squirrels can beat out gray 368 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 1: squirrels in England, and coho can return to the Klamath, 369 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:46,760 Speaker 1: and Old Wisdom can find love in her seventies, I'd 370 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 1: say there's a good chance that twenty five will be 371 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 1: the best year yet. That's all I've got for you 372 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: this week. Thank you so much for listening. Remember to 373 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:58,600 Speaker 1: write in to askcl that's ask Cal at the Meat 374 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 1: Eater dot com. Let us know what's going on in 375 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 1: your neck of the woods. We appreciate it. Thanks again. 376 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:05,359 Speaker 1: We'll talk to you next week.