A clustered distribution occurred when puma shoes each species had more consecutive captures than expected at random, indicating avoidance between the 2 species. A regular distribution (many short runs) occurred when the 2 species had fewer consecutive captures than expected at random, indicating attraction between species. Data were used only from camera locations with e"3 captures per single species Capture frequency of jaguars and pumas was positively correlated at each camera location .

The capture rates per location-month thus were uncorrelated but not simultaneously high in general. No single location biased the pattern in Fig. 4b , with correlations for individual camera locations of "0.8 r <� 0.5, indicating no fixed relation between capture rates puma suede at any given location.The interval between consecutive jaguar captures did not differ significantly from that between consecutive puma captures ( Table 1 ).

Scognamillo et al. (2003) likewise never found jaguars and pumas in close proximity in fenty puma the Venezuelan Llanos despite similar habitat use and activity schedules, but this was not calibrated against intraspecific avoidance. Our results show for the 1st time that jaguars and pumas avoid one another more than they avoid conspecifics, indicating interspecific competition. The mechanisms that allow the 2 cats to coexist are subtle and need further study at multiple sites with different ratios of jaguars and pumas.

Animal control officer Mike Horton said the use of the cat puma slides as live bait was apparently legal, but leaving the cat unsheltered in a rainstorm was not. Horton confiscated the cat, but Medford shelter manager Colleen Mucek told reporter Mark Freeman of the Medford Mail-Tribune that since Thiebes claimed the cat, the cat would be returned to the ODFW. Tim Moffatt, Northwest field representative for Friends of Animals, raised public objections.

The ODFW, reportedly promoting an attempt to repeal a voter-approved 1994 ban on recreational cougar and/or bear hunting with hounds, and still smarting from FoA's successful opposition to a proposal to kill coyotes at the Antelope Mountain National Refuge, counterattacked with a press release claiming FoA had threatened to respond with either violence or a lawsuit  which one local TV station read on the puma fenty air and was subsequently obliged to retract.

Her behavior suggested she was not a wild puma at all, who would have been far less likely to come near humans in broad daylight, more likely to fight the men, and certainly less likely to hide instead of bounding away at top speed. Indeed, she acted much like a house cat who expected to be scolded for pouncing on a bird. Wild vs. pets During the past seven years, three people have been killed by wild pumas, who may number 25,000 nationwide: Colorado trail runner Scott Lancaster, on January 14, 1991;