[troy McClure]

To bad they weren't packing. They could have dispatched it before it attacks a small child.
SEE:

http://tchester.org/sgm/lists/lion_attacks.html

[Flycatcher]

I went to the website you posted. The gist of it is that lion attacks are extremely rare. It also points out that one has a much higher likelihood (10 to 1) to be killed by a neighborhood dog than a mountain lion.

I agree with the points made at the website. I'm out in the true wilderness a lot, yet I've only seen three lions, and all three fled. To see a mountain lion in the wild is a magnificent thing, and to think that any encounter with this animal should result in its shooting death is extraordinarily short-sighted and, well, cowardly.

HOWEVER... all mountain lions that act aggressively toward humans (and this is mainly happening in near-suburban settings) DO need to be hunted and put down.

I would like to think that there is a place in the wild for this magnificent beast — but not in suburbia.

[WorkingClassFilth]

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