[george76]

The cat returns often for his fix ?

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[george76]

The cat will be back tomorrow ?

[SMARTY]

In the still images, he looked like he had a collar

[gridlock]

One’s fondness for large predators varies proportionally with distance. Until they start releasing these animals on the steps of the State Capitol, the law is always going to hamstring efforts to control them.

[ASA Vet]

To bad Casey Dane & Harvey Epstein weren't around to taser the cat

[mollynme]

Good grief! The mountain lion has been there before but he is just released to a nearby open space????? What is wrong with hauling him off to some location far away from civilization? That is what they used to do with the nuisance bears in Yellowstone. Of course, this is Boulder where animals have equal rights. I worry about my octogenarian parents who live there.

[Dominnae]

Well, you know he can’t be dangerous, because even the large predators in Boulder are vegans. His only social slight is that he wears fur.

Ok, sorry, but seriously —

If this animal is “known”.. they have a problem on their hands. Also - catch and release trapping, while a nice warm & fuzzy notion, doesn’t work with large predators who are desensitized to humans.

And, releasing it in a local open space is silly, these animals have HUGE roaming territories.

He will keep coming back ‘til something bad happens.

The bunny-huggers whine that we’re diminishing the wildlife’s environment and cutting off their natural food sources - BUT..

The truth is that the human environment is a much more appealing one than their natural one. Easy pickings via garbage, pets, and other attractions. So, all things being relative, our environment has become theirs by preference. Why go hunt when you can go to the corner convenience store?

Look at the huge increase in coyote attacks on pets and humans from coast to coast. Fifteen years ago I gave press interviews telling people not to panic, that coyotes were an opportunistic nuisance at best, and to keep their garbage cans in garage. Now it’s a different, more damgerous game. They are also notoriously hard to live-trap.

Wild animals adapt, and dangerously confident ones should be euthanized before a tragedy, not as a result of one.

[edhawk]

Maybe they should test its tolerance to a
150 grain injection of .308 Winchester.
I bet he doesn’t come back for a second dose.

[Grammy]

If I get a shot at the one around here it *won’t* be with a tranquilizer gun.

[river rat]

After reading this article — I’m not sure who most needs to be shot:

1. The lion...?
2. The officials making the decision to re-release the cat in the same area?

This cat has seen the prey he is interested in — children.
He will return....

[derllak]

My 8 year old nephew goes to that school. They’ve had mountain goats wander into their garage before, but nothing like this. Scary.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

They didn’t let the mountain lion loose in the Mayor’s back yard?

[cookcounty]

Three years ago they killed a lion near Rampart High School in Colorado Springs. In the Springs they killed it, in Boulder they tranquilized it.

Two different bubbles, Two different responses.