[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.

[xone]

Black bears cause problems, but I don’t think they think of us as prey.

Some do, makes for a bad scene.

[Beagle8U]

“Black bears cause problems, but I don’t think they think of us as prey.”

Huh? Black bears will eat anyone they think is easy prey.

[gundog]

Wouldn’t say they were wiped out. Diminished,certainly, and made to fear men and dogs. Don’t forget the tranny mountain biker killed in Washington. There was one north of here, in the Oregon dunes...cougar, not tranny, that was fearless enough that people would drag things behind their ATVs for it to chase and swat at.

[gundog]

News just reported a sighting in Springfield, OR, yesterday. Hunting with dogs was outlawed quite some time ago.