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Old 11-29-2007, 07:36 PM
 
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Is it true what i heard about Co having wild animals going wild where people live and also some natural disasters? If so please explain, we are thinking about moving to Castle Rock and that scared me a little bit.
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Old 11-29-2007, 07:38 PM
 
Location: southern california
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if we get a lota african animals here eventually they will get out and breed. its already happening. also an fyi
wild life conservatives teach that predators are afraid of people. not at all true. predators are afraid of people with guns.

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Old 11-29-2007, 08:20 PM
 
Location: Las Flores, Orange County, CA
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The most dangerous animal in Colorado is someone else's dog.
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Old 11-30-2007, 01:16 PM
 
Location: Na'alehu Hawaii/Buena Vista Colorado
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Yes, there are actually some wild animals left in this state. We keep building more and more in their habitat and they still need to find food to live. Unless you are living in the mountains, however, encounters with wild animals are very rare.

If you are in a new development on the edge of town in Castle Rock, don't leave your small dog outside overnight or they may become a coyote's dinner.

As far a natural disasters, what are you talking about? We don't have earthquakes or hurricanes, and tornados along the Front Range are extremely rare. IT IS Colorado and it does snow, but you are not going to get snowed in for days on end in Castle Rock. Occasionally we get heavy rainfalls and the rivers flood, but there is pretty rare too and if you are not adjacent to a river you don't have any worries.
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Old 11-30-2007, 10:43 PM
 
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My brother lived in Wheatridge ,which is a suburb to the west of Denver. He had a bear run through his yard a few years back. Mountain lions are out there and have found out that small domesticated animals make for easy dinners. They have also been known to take down joggers. Coyote and fox are all over, they follow the green belts and water ways. I can hear the coyotes howling on some nights from my back yard in Parker.
I spend lots of time in the woods here and have never had a problem with any of these animals but you never know. Just have to be aware that they could be out there.
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Old 12-01-2007, 04:51 AM
 
Location: in the southwest
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I've said this before: I lived right smack in central Denver and regularly saw coyotes and foxes.
They found places to den in or near the Country Club by day, and roamed all over the place at night into the early morning. You could hear the foxes barking (and smell them, too--phew) and every now and then, the coyotes yipping.
I saw the occasional deer, but that was a case of what Wyomiles said, it was following the waterway into town.
Several people have been lost to mountain lions, (sometimes it was a situation where starving juveniles attacked).
The people move in, the animals lose out.
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Old 12-01-2007, 09:54 AM
 
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coming from southern California, a place where you are lucky to see a squirrel, do you think this is a serious concern and should be considered before I move?
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Old 12-01-2007, 04:30 PM
 
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The biggest "threat" in Colorado is the two-legged predators. That, and the fact that anytime there is some kind of confrontation between humans and animals in the "wildland/urban interface," it's usually the animal that winds up getting killed over it. Of course, the fact that WE are encroaching on THEIR natural habitat doesn't count for squat . . .
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Old 12-01-2007, 04:40 PM
 
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The most dangerous animal in Colorado is someone else's dog.
More people get killed or maimed by a "dog lovers" dogs then any wild animal in this state, every year.

It is so nice of "dog Lover" who get tired of their pets and let them free in the mountains to fed hungry lions or die of starvation---I like to feed the "dog lovers" to the lions.

Yea, how about the "dog lovers" who find no more amusement in a living, breathing, beautiful dog and turn the dog over to the pound for disposal--or the "dog lover" who takes a nice dog into the woods and kills it because it is no longer convenient.

How about the "dog lovers" who let their pets out to form packs with other dogs--a confrontation with a pack of dogs is many times more dangerous than any wild animals as you will see.

Do not worry about the "wild" animals", worry about your "dog lovers" neighbors---that is the real danger.

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Old 12-01-2007, 05:06 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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coming from southern California, a place where you are lucky to see a squirrel, do you think this is a serious concern and should be considered before I move?
No. since I have to say more for CD's computers to post my answer, not just no but H*** no. I don't mean to be rude, but almost 4 million of us live here with the wildlife. There are a few mishaps, as several have posted. I'm surprised you don't have coyotes in CA; they are scavengers.
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