[calex59]

It’s been a while since a cougar killed anyone. They are still hunted and very wary. In the last decade I’ve only seen one. Of course, there was one that was eyeing the playground at a local day care. It was treed and dispatched before it gathered up any snacks.

I don't know where the he** you live but pumas kill people in CA regularly. It hasn't "been a while since a cougar killed someone" it has only been a few months. Try a web search, it is your friend. In CA we can't hunt them, they stalk and kill humans at a constant rate of about 2 or 3 per year, not a lot, unless you happen to be one of the 2 or 3.

[Eaker]

I don't know where the he** you live

New Mexico. I already knew this but you could have checked Slim's profile page.

Note, unlike Cali. they hunt them in NM. Maybe that is the difference.

[txhurl]

It think it’s because we’re easier to peel than, say, a feral hog or deer.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I live in Tijeras, just a little former pueblo off RT. 66 in NM east of Albuquerque.

Of course I’m aware of the problems with cougars and coyotes in CA. (Hey, I wish they’d eat some CA transplants that moved here!) Where they’re “protected” they lose all fear of man. Here, even the coyotes move quick when they see somebody.

[CougarGA7]

If you started shooting them you would find the attacks would die down. You see, you are just showing them that you are a legitimate part of their food chain. I guess Californians are just lower than cougars on that list.