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Mountain lions: Deputies patrol trails

Original post made on Sep 28, 2008

The San Mateo County Sheriff's Department has begun deploying deputies on off-road motorcycles on trails in the hills in response to four recent mountain lion sightings in the Woodside/Portola Valley area.

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Posted by Charles
a resident of Portola Valley: Central Portola Valley
on Sep 28, 2008 at 8:58 pm

What an inane waste of tax payer dollars. Where do they think these mountain lions are going to go once our dirt bike-happy deputies drive them off the open space preserves?

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Posted by Ron
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Sep 30, 2008 at 2:02 pm

Just issue some hunt tags and lets "take care" of the problem before some kid gets eaten.

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