Griffith Park and Silver Lake, Fire and Water.
Posted in Creatures, People who don't know any better on Dec 17th, 2009
Mike McBride kills a boar. Well, he didn’t do the actual knifing, or shooting, of course, but he likes to take all the credit at California Fish and Game, the biggest killing operation in California. In fact, he likes to claim all the animals Fish and Game kills each year. National Guard, take note of [...]
Posted in Creatures, Forest Fire on Nov 9th, 2009
I was very sad about the 2nd column I wrote for the LA Weekly about animals killed in the horrific Angeles Station Fire. (I mean, the topic: the column itself came out fine.)
The L.A. Times wrote that a huge number of big animals had died in the fire. I was going to call about this [...]
Posted in Creatures, People who don't know any better on Sep 25th, 2009
I think I have the answer. Animal Services of Los Angeles did it.
The Times says (my bolds):
“When he woke up, the coyote was sitting there,” said Capt. Wendell Bowers of the Los Angeles Department of Animal Services. “Coyotes nip at each other when they want to be fed. This one was waiting for something to [...]
Posted in Creatures, Forest Fire on Sep 24th, 2009
More importantly, who set the Station Fire? If you tell me, I’ll share the $150,000 reward with you, 50- 50.
It’s unbelievable, this wretched fire is still burning in places, several weeks later. KHTS:
The Station Fire is 94 percent contained, with full containment now expected September 22. So far, the incident has consumed 160,557 acres of [...]
Posted in Creatures, Important Stuff on Sep 22nd, 2009
Today I saw visitors come here looking for “coyotes killed in Griffith Park” and I knew my day was ruined, even with the start of Dancing with the Stars tonight.
From LA Unleashed, an LA Times blog:
Two recent incidents in which people were bitten by coyotes in Griffith Park have caused wardens to take an unfortunate [...]
Posted in Creatures on Nov 29th, 2008
I always look forward to major holidays in Los Angeles because it gets quiet! Even the freeways. All the roads. The quietest time of any week is Sunday evening, but holidays are blanketed as if we had the snow we never get.
Yesterday, Thanksgiving, was that quiet. So quiet, that some of the wildlife got overexcited. [...]
Griffith Park, Interrupted
Griffith Park and Silver Lake, Fire and Water.
