[TigersEye]

Lions get bold when there are no threats to them around.

[familyop]

"Lions get bold when there are no threats to them around."

After reading about quite a few incidents, I'm nearly convinced that the lions are attracted to much continuous movement (bicyclists, hikers in a hurry,...) by those with little awareness. ...haven't heard of them attacking rural people who are working in poor light conditions. I suspect that the bit cats are sensitive to those who stop and look behind them once in a while.

As far as I know, the only way to reasonably defend against a mountain lion attack with a firearm would be thousands of rounds of point-firing practice in advance with a handgun and a fast rig. I've only seen one while standing on the ground. It was up close at the darker side of dusk, and it was very hard to see. It first appeared to be a crouching, greyish looking blob at dusk, even though the animals are not grey). It ran after being sighted and yelled-at. ...saw two others in headlights over the years.

Some bears, though, can really be pills--especially in the developments of smaller, heavily treed tracks of land (garbage neighbors from the 'burbs). That's one of the many reasons that I moved away from such developments.

[SCalGal]

Lions get bold when there are no threats to them around.

There is even more to this - this is Colorado, home to Denver where their breed specific legislation (bsl) has had pit bulls pulled out of their home and killed... just for being pit bulls.

And now these working LGDs - Livestock Guardian Dogs - were determined in court to be dangerous dogs. Bad precedent.