Comments on: Do not mess with Javelinas http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/03/25/do-not-mess-with-javelinas/ by Jonathan DuHamel Fri, 20 Dec 2013 13:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: mike http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/03/25/do-not-mess-with-javelinas/comment-page-1/#comment-8263 mike Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:33:13 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/?p=642#comment-8263 I got close to a group of javelina while hiking once and heard what I thought were cloven hoofs clattering on the rocks – cound it have been clacking teeth ?  I also live in a verdant and well-watered subdivision with a herd of about 8 javelina plus 2 babies.  Recently there have been credible reports of a mountain lion living here – the preditor you mentioned.  While walking at night I’ve gotten close enough to hear some snorting which sounded like a warning – I got the message.

]]> By: leftfield http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/03/25/do-not-mess-with-javelinas/comment-page-1/#comment-8262 leftfield Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:24:15 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/?p=642#comment-8262 Part of not ‘messing with javelinas’ should include not intentionally trying to attract them with food nor inadvertently with garbage left out overnight where they can get to it.  In the long run,  when javelina become habituated to human contact this often ends poorly for the javelina.  

Also, javelinas are another in a long list of good reasons to always keep your dog on a leash when out walking.  The usual outcome when dogs and javelina fight is either a dead dog or one with multiple lacerations costing hundreds to thousands of dollars and requiring multiple surgeries before recovery.      

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