Scaring cougars for science
Bart George, a biologist with the Kalispel Tribe, is studying the effectiveness of various ways of scaring cougars while also documenting whether these methods prompt mountain lions to change their behavior.
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Bart George, a biologist with the Kalispel Tribe smiles at his hound Whisper as she watches him from the cab of his truck while researching mountain lions on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, near Colville, Wash. George uses GPS collars to track mountain lions and see how they respond to pressure from humans and dogs.
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Radio gear and a book on cougars is seen in the cab of Bart George's, truck while researching mountain lions on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, near Colville, Wash. George uses GPS collars to track mountain lions and see how they respond to pressure from humans and dogs.
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Bart George, right, a biologist with the Kalispel Tribe chats with Bruce Duncan, center, a volunteer houndsman for WDFW and the Kalispel Tribe while researching mountain lions on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, near Colville, Wash. George uses GPS collars to track mountain lions and see how they respond to pressure from humans and dogs.
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Bart George, a biologist with the Kalispel Tribe, shows the Bluetooth speaker he uses to play podcasts as he approaches GPS tagged cougars while conducting research on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, near Colville, Wash. George uses GPS collars to track mountain lions and see how they respond to pressure from humans and dogs. On this day the podcast he played was Meateater, which is popular with hunters and conservationists. George - who was also a guest on the podcast and corresponding television show - used a GPS collar on the cougar he was studying to measure how close he could get before the sound of Podcast host Steve Rinella's voice pressured the animal to move.
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Bart George shows the GPS tracking system he uses to monitor the cougars he is researching mountain lions on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, near Colville, Wash. George uses GPS collars to track mountain lions and see how they respond to pressure from humans and dogs.
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A GPS collared cougar treed by hounds looks down from its perch at the dogs that treed it on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, near Colville, Wash.
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Bart George, right, a biologist with the Kalispel Tribe pauses as he listens to hounds pressuring a cougar he is researching to climb a tree as part of his research on mountain lions on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, near Colville, Wash. George uses GPS collars to track mountain lions and see how they respond to pressure from humans and dogs.
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A GPS-collared cougar looks down from its perch at the hounds that treed it on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, near Colville, Wash.
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Bruce Duncan, a volunteer houndsman for WDFW and the Kalispel Tribe leashes his dogs after they treed a cougar while researching mountain lions on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, near Colville, Wash. George uses GPS collars to track mountain lions and see how they respond to pressure from humans and dogs.
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A GPS-collared cougar reacts after it was treed by hounds on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, near Colville, Wash. Bart George uses GPS collars to track mountain lions and see how they respond to pressure from humans and dogs. The cat only hissed twice like this during the 10 or so minutes the dogs had it treed. Bruce Duncan, a volunteer houndsman for WDFW and the Kalispel Tribe, commented that it was much calmer this time than when they first collared it.
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Bart George's dogs relax in their box after a morning of chasing mountain lions during a a research trip on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, near Colville, Wash. George uses GPS collars to track mountain lions and see how they respond to pressure from humans and dogs.
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Bart George, right, a biologist with the Kalispel Tribe and Bruce Duncan, a volunteer houndsman for WDFW and the Kalispel Tribe use their lunch break to go over the data they recorded while researching mountain lions on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, near Colville, Wash.
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Bart George, right, a biologist with the Kalispel Tribe smiles after returning to his truck while researching mountain lions on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, near Colville, Wash. George uses GPS collars to track mountain lions and see how they respond to pressure from humans and dogs.
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