Residential trail cameras around Tucson are changing the way Arizona wildlife officials track mountain lions and other animals.
Henry Brean The ghostly gray figure of a large animal saunters into view and casually climbs the front steps of a home in the Tucson Mountains.
“With mountain lions, it’s all about behavior,” Hart said. “If it’s just passing through, that’s what mountain lions do. What we’re always looking for is menacing behavior.” A few months before that, a surveillance camera at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort captured footage of a young lion walking past a back entrance, triggering the automatic doors. Fortunately, the startled lion ran away from the building instead of inside of it.
He said he shares timely photos and videos of large predators like bears and mountain lions whenever he finds them to remind people that the animals are around but are not usually something to be concerned about. Doorbell cameras and other home-security surveillance systems have also gained in popularity, and those occasionally pick up wildlife activity as well.
Lion at the doorSo what about the mountain lion filmed climbing the front steps of a house in the Tucson Mountains?
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