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Yes, Loddy.. I have read about the bear snatching the baby too. I don't like the idea of a mountain Lion being near her neighborhood.. Believe me, it's in her neighborhood. She didn't walk that far. She was in Pease Airforce Base which is in her backyard..

Rev, have you had any reports about Lions in your area? We've had "Cats" around here but no Lions.. I know up north they've had reports of seeing Panther's now and then..but that's all they've been so far..

We had a mountain lion on the loose a while back, here in NW Washington...if I remember right, it was near a place called Northwest Trek, which is an open type of game park, where a tram drives through and you can view the animals in their natural surroundings...

But they also have some animals in fenced in areas , and it just seems that slowly some animals were disappearing from the pens, and there would be mountain lion tracks spotted near the fences...seems like the mountain lion would climb up and over the fences, which were extremely high, and the animals in the those fenced in area, would have only just so much room to try to escape the mountain lion...

They set traps, and set out nets and all, but this mountain lion really eluded them for some time, and then all of a sudden another animal would be missing from its fenced in area...

Eventually, I think they caught this mountain lion, but cannot remember the details...

Maybe Westy remembers this, or can clear up the details, as my memory seems to be foggy on several of the details...

Plenty of bears up here.

Never heard of them snatching anything other than chickens or free meals from dumpsters. They can be a pain but are pretty much left be until they become a problem or hunting season whichever comes first. Have seen some cats. One was what I think was a lynx (pointy eared) when I was a kid..and one my dog was chasing a few years back it was pretty close to his size and he runs a bit over 90#s. Lucky for the dog the cat was smarter than him . It circled back behind him and went the other way. I was living in Union at the time and mentioned it to one of the oldtimers the guy told me there was a good population in the area..They are very shy. Personally I wouldn't even worry about bears or cats...It's the Wolves that could be a problem...and yes we do have Wolves here in NH..I have ran into them as far south as Strafford and Farmington. _Not_ a fun experience after dark.