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Important Notices
September 18, 2007 Possible Cougar Sighting at Canyon Country Campus This morning, our Campus Safety Department and construction workers at the Canyon Country Campus, reported seeing three large cats, perhaps cougars, on the hills above the new campus. The current drought is bringing wildlife closer to civilization, and our construction is bringing us right into the former homes of local wildlife. Perhaps these animals will move on in a few days, but it is important that we all exercise good judgment. We urge everyone to be aware of their surroundings as you move about the outer edges of both campuses, especially when on the farthest parking lots and walkways. Please report any large cat sightings to Campus Safety. Since we have had a sighting it is important to refresh yourselves on the safety tips regarding Cougars. For quick reference, they are reiterated below: - Never approach a cougar, especially one that is feeding or with cubs.
- If you come upon a cougar, stay calm. Talk firmly to it and move slowly. Most mountain lions will try to avoid a confrontation, so give it a way to escape.
- Stop. If it is safe, back away slowly. Do not turn your back and do not run. Running will stimulate the cougar's instinct to chase and attack. Face the cougar and stand up straight.
- Do all you can to appear larger. Raise your arms and open your jacket if you're wearing one. If small children are with you, pick them up so they will not panic and run.
- If the cougar behaves aggressively, throw stones or anything you can reach without crouching down or turning your back. Wave your arms slowly and speak firmly.
- Fight back if the cougar attacks. Unlike with bears, "playing dead" does not work. Cougars have been driven away by prey that fights back. People have successfully fought off lion attacks using such objects as rocks, sticks, clothing, garden tools and even their bare hands.
- When you hike in mountain lion country, go in groups and make plenty of noise to avoid surprising a lion. Keep children close and within sight at all times. Talk with children about lions and teach them what to do if they meet one.
February 23, 2007
Door-to-Door Solicitors NOT Raising Funds for College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is advising Santa Clarita Valley residents that door-to-door solicitors indentifying themselves as students of the college are NOT engaged in any official fundraising efforts for the college. The warning comes after a number of residents contacted the college to verify claims by several young people who knocked on their doors, said they were students at College of the Canyons and requested donations to support various academic departments. Several local news media reports have detailed these activities as well. College of the Canyons does not raise funds for any program via door-to-door solicitation. To the best of our knowledge, the young people who are soliciting donations on the college's behalf are not College of the Canyons students. They are doing so without the college's authorization. Neither the college nor any College of the Canyons program is benefiting in any way from these activities, which appear to be a deceptive and fraudulent ploy to sell magazine subscriptions. The college regrets that residents have been deceived in this manner and encourages all who encounter these solicitors to contact the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station at (661) 255-1121 and the College of the Canyons Public Information Office at pio@canyons.edu. Names and physical descriptions of these people are helpful to authorities, as are receipts or other physical evidence. Such door-to-door salespeople are typically driven from neighborhood to neighborhood in high-capacity vehicles such as passenger vans, whose make, model, color, license plate origin and number, and other identifying information are helpful as well.
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