Fellow Story
Elbroch captures lives of mountain lions on videos
Mark Elbroch always knows what his cats are up to.
When the mountain lions Elbroch and fellow researchers are tracking make a kill, the Teton Cougar Project pays a visit. At the carcasses, they leave behind a video camera activated by a motion-sensitive trigger.
The high-definition feed it picks up tells a story.
“I’ve been studying mountain lions for 12 years,” Elbroch said, sitting before his computer in his Kelly office. “I’ve learned more from videos in the last year than I could ever have imagined.
“We’re seeing the secret lives of cats,” he said, “in the most real sense.
