Posted on 06/03/2008 12:20:48 PM PDT by jazusamo
I lived about four miles from Wimer for fifteen years and we never had a cougar problem until the law passed in 1994 that banned the use of hounds in cougar and bear hunting.
I know of pet and livestock attacks in the last twelve years in the area but this is the first human encounter I've heard of.
Cougar Ping!
beautiful animals (when they’re in cages in the zoo) I’m a tree-hugger and all, but no neighborhood should have to tolerate this. If cougars are coming to your town, then there’s too many cougars around.
When a wild cougar was in the middle of residential Chicago 6 weeks ago their was a huge outcry because the animal was killed by the police.
In other words you’re not allowed to actually shoot a cougar unless it’s biting chunks out of you.
Actually it’s still legal to hunt cougar in OR (not with hounds) but I’ve been away long enough to not know the regulations now. Don’t know what the season is but am pretty sure a hunting license is required.
Okay, that was funny.
At my age that would sure frighten me. LOL
"...She knows you can't run from a cougar," her mother, DeAnna, told KDRV-TV in Medford. "They'll attack."
Her younger sister ran to get help, and their father, Jeff, quickly arrived.
Reminds me of the old joke about two guys who encounter a bear: "You can't outrun a bear!" "I don't have to -- I just have to outrun you."
A’ LA SOUTH PARK. “LOOK OUT, HE’S COMING RIGHT AT US!”
Oregon State Police warn people, however, that it is not always appropriate to shoot at an animal.
“If they are acting aggressively, you know, coming toward you, you are seeing it in the middle of the daytime, it’s chipping its teeth at you, growling, or taking an aggressive stance or something like that, then you’d be OK to go ahead and shoot and kill it,” Kirk Meyer of Oregon State Police told the TV station. “Outside of that, just because you see a cougar on your property or something, you are not necessarily authorized to kill it.”
$11.50 for an Oregon resident cougar tag. It is open season year round in that area because there are so many cougar.
“Authorities point out...” the usual mantra
lol beat me to it.
If a cougar is on your property you can bet it’s there for a reason and not a good one.
The OSP which is also Fish & Game in the state are fully aware of that but they have to say that I guess.
I’ve never heard of a property owner being prosecuted for killing one on their property.
Years ago there were several guys with hounds in the area that hunted them or just ran them to keep their hounds in condition, that kept the courgar population down where they weren’t much of a threat to people and pets.
The no hound hunting law changed all that.
Hmmm. Lunch.
Whats the penalty in Oregon for stalking girls above legal age?
Good thing these guys believe in real gun control. As in controlling your gun.
ping
I dont think it’s death. :-)
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