FOUR WINDS TO ADVENTURE: THE BIG GOLD CAT
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✎ Suggest a correctionThis episode of the travel and adventure television series "Four Winds to Adventure", hosted by Dr. Frank Baxter, is titled "The Big Gold Cat" (1968). It features guest Ron Anderson of Mankato, Minnesota, as he details a live-capture expedition in the Colorado Rockies to obtain a mountain lion for a local zoo.
00:00 Main titles. Host Dr. Frank Baxter introduces guest Ron Anderson of Mankato, Minnesota, who discusses his mission to capture a live mountain lion to help restock the Sibley Park Zoo after a devastating flood.
3:26 Historical footage documents the severe Minnesota blizzard and 1965 spring floods that destroyed Sibley Park Zoo, leaving a single surviving raccoon.
4:59 Ron Anderson and his hunting partner Dr. John Himark arrive in Colorado, establishing their camp in the deserted mining ghost town of Turret alongside guide and tracker Bob Peters.
7:05 The expedition prepares equipment, horses, trailing hounds, handguns, and rifles before riding out into the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in search of mule deer and cougar tracks.
9:42 The team rides through high-altitude terrain, tracking through snow-covered trails, river canyons around Ruby Mountain, and rimrock cliffs where cougars hunt.
13:09 The hounds pick up a fresh scent, prompting a pursuit through heavy snow and leading to the discovery of a fresh deer kill site.
14:20 The team locates the treed mountain lion in a dense spruce, constructs a overnight camp, cuts down the tree the following morning, and pursues the fleeing cat to a rocky ledge.
17:00 Guide Bob Peters climbs a tree to slip a aircraft-cable snare over the cougar's paw, lowering the animal to the ground despite broken poles and aggressive strikes.
19:22 The team restrains the mountain lion on the ground, taping its limbs, securing a green wood bit in its jaws, and safely loading it into a transport cage.
22:48 In the studio, Ron Anderson and Dr. Frank Baxter discuss cougar predation, the balance of nature in controlling deer populations, and state wildlife protection laws.
00:00 Main titles. Host Dr. Frank Baxter introduces guest Ron Anderson of Mankato, Minnesota, who discusses his mission to capture a live mountain lion to help restock the Sibley Park Zoo after a devastating flood.
3:26 Historical footage documents the severe Minnesota blizzard and 1965 spring floods that destroyed Sibley Park Zoo, leaving a single surviving raccoon.
4:59 Ron Anderson and his hunting partner Dr. John Himark arrive in Colorado, establishing their camp in the deserted mining ghost town of Turret alongside guide and tracker Bob Peters.
7:05 The expedition prepares equipment, horses, trailing hounds, handguns, and rifles before riding out into the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in search of mule deer and cougar tracks.
9:42 The team rides through high-altitude terrain, tracking through snow-covered trails, river canyons around Ruby Mountain, and rimrock cliffs where cougars hunt.
13:09 The hounds pick up a fresh scent, prompting a pursuit through heavy snow and leading to the discovery of a fresh deer kill site.
14:20 The team locates the treed mountain lion in a dense spruce, constructs a overnight camp, cuts down the tree the following morning, and pursues the fleeing cat to a rocky ledge.
17:00 Guide Bob Peters climbs a tree to slip a aircraft-cable snare over the cougar's paw, lowering the animal to the ground despite broken poles and aggressive strikes.
19:22 The team restrains the mountain lion on the ground, taping its limbs, securing a green wood bit in its jaws, and safely loading it into a transport cage.
22:48 In the studio, Ron Anderson and Dr. Frank Baxter discuss cougar predation, the balance of nature in controlling deer populations, and state wildlife protection laws.
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