The former Moorpark residents plead guilty to charges in the case of the prowling big cat, which was later killed by state game trackers. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, January 9, 2007 A former Moorpark couple whose Siberian tiger spent weeks prowling Ventura County neighborhoods before it Read more…
Wildlife trackers often work on the edge of the unknown, pitting their experience against the instinctive caginess of an animal, but as Hugo Martin reports, success sometimes depends on a lucky break. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, March 29, 2005. CHRIS LONG steered his SUV past the Read more…
Sharpshooters searching for a 425-pound tiger that had prowled the hills of Simi Valley for two weeks shot and killed it Wednesday after a family awoke to fmd it walking past their backyard. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, February 24, 2005. By AMANDA COVARRUBIAS, Times Staff Writer Read more…
Search for a possible lion or tiger continues in the Simi Valley area, but evidence suggests feline has been in western part of Ventura County. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, February 23, 2005. By GREGORY W. GRIGGS, Times Staff Writer Trackers searching for a large cat believed Read more…
Search continues for a 400- to 600-pound cat in the hills between Simi Valley and Moorpark. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, February 20, 2005. By PAUL PRINGLE, Times Staff Writer Pistol on his hip, Chris Long .ramped along a muddy trail Saturday following the saucer-sized paw prints of what Read more…
The animal believed to be a lion may weigh as much as 600 pounds, too big to be a mountain cat. Search centers in area near Reagan library. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, February 19, 2005. By GREGORY W. GRIGGS, Times Staff Writer Sheriff’s deputies have been Read more…