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Women pinned cougar during 'hand-to-hand combat' to save friend trapped in its jaws
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Mountain lions while not endangered are considered near threatened. So it's not like they're deer, but conservation is still needed to protect them. Hell for the longest time they hadn't been seen in the Southeast. It's only recently that they're making a come back, and a lot of that is from massive conservation efforts.
You're absolutely right though, do we end up telling the next generations that we pushed further into their territory and killed most of them, because we wanted to be safe from danger while out on a day hike... unfortunately people in this thread seem to say the answer is yes, that's exactly what they're ok with.
True.
Im sad when this* happens where there are other options or minor adjustments that would go a long way. Bear attacked some sheep? Politics decides there are obviously too many bears in "the area" (0 experts said that, the exact opposite in fact), not the village expanding into the woods. Spend the extra expense to build a proper fence around the sheep? Don't be silly. Research how to be safe from mountain lion attack (neck guards, pepper spray, maybe a horn/whistle) & cohabit the area? That's nerd talk.
*killing the predator, "removing the problem" (from 'the problems' ancestral home) instead of (re)searching for a solution
Also, I imagine (I was never in a situation like that), while unimaginably angry at that particular feline individual, I would be mortified hearing that gunshot (after it was clear "who won"), def would blame myself for the rest of my life.
It's like people that go mountain hiking in flip-flops and/or just a shirt & then have to be rescued by helicopter(s, plural if they are in a grup or there are several injured). Happens all the time around here. The analogous response in this case would be to get rid of the mountain, or lower it, or pave it, etc - but since those options are not as easy as shooting a gun (& I guess there is no hunt enjoyment?) we spend money to educate people, give fines to people that need rescuing because of unpreparedness, etc.
And 'paving over a mountain' would get rid of the mountain (the point of going there), much like getting rid of wildlife would do to the woods. If not for the education & cultural significance, we might try to get rid of the bees too, for our safety (but not actually 'our', just the current gen in charge).
Glad that someone sees it, a bunch of people in this thread sure as hell don't.