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Date: September 21, 2014 03:39AM
I posted earlier about a couple of bored, idiot typical teenagers who harassed a herd of wild burros who graze late at night near my workplace in an industrial complex in Riverside,CA.
We are rather protective of the burros. They are completely wild, probably number over 15 and only come down from the mountain late at night. The Mishies were on mountain bikes and bothering them last week.
So I found the Riverside MP's website and posted a comment that this behavior is unacceptable and that we will call the police on them. Not like the cops would respond, of course, but I hope the message was circulated.
So, anyway, update, tonight there was a calf with the herd. They were grazing around the buildings. They look very healthy.
The Riverside MP's website is hilarious. Well, to me anyway. Photos of "the passing of the phone" to new MP, airport arrivals, etc.. But truly, if any of us at work who get to see wildlife (including a bobcat) are going to be very pissed if those guys show up again.
BTW, one coworker identified the bobcat as being a mountain lion, and another spotted the burros and exclaimed, "look! deer!"
I don't know if the message got across about leaving animals alone got across, but as a poster mentioned about this earlier, they are kids. Very, very bored kids. Sad. Wish they were attending UC Riverside, not just hanging around it.