Granny's gone and done it again

[Granny Hatchet]

makes sense.
some of them mess with people. I have read stories of attacks on people.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

We had one in a small cage at WSU where I grew up. It was the school mascot. They would put it a small cage and wheel it around at half time GO COUGARS! I would go visit it all time. Magnificent animal.

I've seen them in captivity, but never one in the wild. Makes me sad to see them caged.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

makes sense.
some of them mess with people. I have read stories of attacks on people.

It's very rare and extremely rare that someone is killed by one. It's mostly the young males that get pushed into undesirable territories (with too many people) and they have trouble finding enough to eat... so they eat what they find, like the family cat.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

less then 20 peeps in the last 100 years in N America

 

[h2oratt]

I've seen them in captivity, but never one in the wild. Makes me sad to see them caged.

I was young and people didn’t know any better.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

less then 20 peeps in the last 100 years in N America

Yeah, something like that. Some have it at 27, but it's pretty rare. They are on hundreds of different rural properties out here, and rarely does a person ever see one. Stealth cats!

 

[Wishing4Wings]

I was young and people didn’t know any better.

Yeah, but you can still appreciate what beautiful creatures they are. You wouldn't know if you never saw one.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I guess we got lucky seeing that one here then. They shoot them around here.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

oh they were all proud of shooting them too. I remember seeing the picture they posted in the store. It was sad.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

That's why this guy started the tracking study, so people understand how they live. You kill one male lion thinking you solved your predator problem, but 5 young males will move in and try to take the territory so you end up with even more predators.

I'm going to try for a nap before I have to get up... hopefully.