Posted on 08/04/2002 1:46:13 PM PDT by Reaganwuzthebest
A good idea might be to pass a law that all residents in these areas with big kitty cats should be REQUIRED to carry a bag of purina cat chow at all times. If one them gets attacked, this person could then negotiate his life for that delicious bag of corn feed and meat by products. How could kitty turn down the offer?
theres quite a few right in the SF bay area. In Palo Alto there was one on the loose for about 7 hours after first being seen in neighborhood. Then a PA officer found it in a tree and killed it with her AR.
Actually, something to be aware of in many places.
Just across the river from us, in Illinois, a hunter found one that weighed just over 90 lbs. (Cougars are not indigenous to the Midwest.)
Homa Sap is hardly an endangered species in Kalifornia ;)
These cats either fear man, or don't look on him as being tasty. In every investigated attack on record, the cat was either sick, starving, or an escaped pet.
At least this man's "lack of compassion" did not cause the cat to continue starving to death over the course of weeks (or bleeding to death slowly). Maybe you should commend the man for making a swift and merciful kill.
They have feared man for years because in the past they were hunted. That's why there needs to be limited hunts at least once in a while otherwise eventually they will have no fear whatsoever.
There may even be a few in the Northeast hidden away. These parts are loaded with deer and other game they like.
Wonder if it was somebody's pet? I'm not exactly sure about cougars but in many states it's not illegal to keep wild animals like big cats.
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