Posted on 09/04/2024 5:34:26 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
'We don't have mountain lion jail,' said Beth Pratt, the California regional executive director of the National Wildlife Federation. 'As much as it pains me, I think the officials made the right decision here.'
Sep 04, 2024 09:06 PM4 min. readView original “That’s what happens when we are in their territory!” wrote one woman on Facebook.
“Couldn’t relocate the lion had to kill it!! But that’s we what we do we destroy everything like a plague to make more room for more in the way people,” wrote another.
But experts said that the killing of the puma was likely the only responsible answer after the cat pounced on the young boy, who was in a designated picnic area with dozens of other people.
“It attacked a small child, and we were concerned if we didn’t remove the animal it may attack and possibly kill another child,” said Patrick Foy, a spokesperson for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Foy pointed to a deadly attack in 2004 when a mountain lion killed a mountain biker in Orange County, then attacked and nearly killed a woman hours later.
People ride their bikes during a visit tol Malibu Creek State Park in Calabasas on August 20, 2018.
(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
Foy also stressed that the attack was not the fault of the family or the child.
“There are people who say we moved into their habitat. Yes, that’s true, but a mountain lion that attacks a human … We don’t have mountain lion jail,” said Beth Pratt, the California regional executive director of the National Wildlife Federation. “As much as it pains me, I think the officials made the right decision here.”
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For some reason those types of comments are common on mountain lion posts.
About 15 years ago, a young mountain lion was in a tree looking down on a playground full of tasty little snacks at a Palo Alto, CA elementary school. The same
Ctype of people got all upset that the nice kitty in the tree, bothering nobody, was shot and killed by animal control.
Pumas are endangered? Who knew?!
They're nowhere near extinct, they're a nuisance species in many areas with year round hunting allowed. The "they were here first" BS doesn't wash, so were the indians. They got outclassed, tough chit.
The reason the lion attack the boy was because it was hungry.
Nothing else.
Why do so people insist on making excuses for what animals do.
Just a Sanger-Lion.
To bad we didn’t do that with murderers, rapist and child molesters. Instead they relocate them.
Read the article - $**t-for-brains.
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