A young mountain lion had taken up residence under a farm porch in Nebraska. Nebraska has a growing population of lions. As with most predators, when the young reach adolescence, they are driven from the territories of their parents. The choice is stark, the proverbial natural order without food stamps, or magical lemonade springs. Find their own territory with enough prey animals to kill and eat; or starve. Most starve. This lion was a bit smaller than most adolescents. Perhaps its mother had been killed in a fight with another lion, or had been …read more

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