■PARTtJENT 

 OF AGRICULTURE 



71 TH UNCLE SiU.l*S Ni\TURALISTS 



RE LEASE, Friday, June 17, 1932 



FOR BROADCAST USE OIILY 



ANNG-UCaiENT: Now let»s listen to the call of the wild. Again we timi 

 to Uncle San»s Naturalists of the United States Departnont of A^Ticulturo 

 for help in stalking a few facts, about sono of our "beasts of prey. 



T7ith Mr. Stanley P. Young, of the United States Biological Survey, 

 as our guide, the first tracks we strike today are those of a mountain lion, 



Hayhe you call that biggest, nost powerful of ^toerican cats, a puna, 

 or a cougar, or a panther, }.tr. Young tells ne that the nountain lion is 

 known "by all those different nrjiies on different parts of its range. As 

 ""iountain lion" is v/hat it is called on probably a bigger part of its range, 

 the Biological Survey specialists usually refer to it by that nar.ie. 



Regardless of what you call it, Mr, Young says, that big cat is a 

 highly interesting fom of wild life. Of course, it is a killer, and lives 

 on its kill. Often nountain lions kill deer and livestodc in such nunbera 

 that special govemnent hunters and trappers are sent out to get the indivi- 

 dual lions causing the trouble. 



In spite of the necessity for such hunts to protect livestock, Hr, 

 Young says that we v/ill probn,bly always have noiuitain lions. He says there 

 are lots of areas where a nomal anount of Imnting and disease and other 

 visisitudes of the wild can generally be depended on to keep the nunber of 

 nountain lions down \7ithin reasonable linits, Eiere are thousands of acres, 

 he figures, ifiMch will probably never be touched by any lion-control canpaigns. 



The favorite gane of these big 150 to 200 pound cats is deer. The 

 poor deer has little chance once a nountain lion pounces on it, Tliose sickle- 

 like claws and ra.zor-lilce teeth, ba.cked by those powerful nedc aJid shoulder 

 uisclos, soon rip the life out of the dofonscloss deer, 



jinong domestic livestock, young colts seen to be the favorite food 

 of these tawny predators. In fact, Ur, Young says, many stoclonen have given 



