[This I Wonder32460]

” I couldn’t help but think of all of the women and kids killed in California since Cal outlawed cat hunting.”

Statistics please?

[hanamizu]

Statistics please?

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Wikipedia: “List of fatal cougar attacks in North America”. But I know the list is incomplete. A woman was killed in San Diego county a few years ago. She was attacked by a female cougar. Rangers killed the cougar involved. Many people took up a collection...for the care of the cougar’s cubs.

Attacks are rare, but they do happen. And they seem to be happening more frequently. I, for one, do not welcome their return to places where lots of people live. Our ancestors wiped them out for a reason. Black bears cause problems, but I don’t think they think of us as prey. Mountain lions may see smaller humans as potential meals.