"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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"Don Freeman" wrote in message
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"Rodney Long" wrote in message
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California banned cougar hunting a few years back, and now people are
dying, while they are jogging in their neighborhoods


Oh yeah, they're killing us left and right out here, can't walk to the
corner market without being attacked. That's why there are so many
humvees and other forms of SUVs in my neighborhood: to protects us from
all the unwarranted feline attention.

For a little perspective:
http://california.sierraclub.org/mou...on/safety.html

"Your risk of being injured or killed by a mountain lion is
infinitesimal. There have been only 13 fatal mountain lion attacks in all
of North America in the last 100 years. Eleven of the fatal attacks
occurred in western states and provinces where trophy hunting of lions is
allowed. According to the Department of Fish and Game's own records, in
the last 20 years more than 85 people have died and 700 people have been
injured in hunting accidents in California. For every person killed by a
mountain lion in the last century, 300 people have been killed by bees,.
750 people have died when their cars collided with deer, 1200 people have
been killed by lightning, and more than 1100 people were killed in
hunting-related accidents. Hunting presents a much greater threat to
public safety than mountain lions."


And the Sierra club is full of ****! There were only about 2 deaths from
Mt. Lions until they were put on the protected list. They are not
endangered, they are fairly common. They have about wiped out the
California Big Horn sheep in a few areas. We a lot living in the San
Francisco Bay area hills.


Then you are saying that they misquoted the California Fish & Game? Or is
the F&G full of **** too? Do you have anything to back your statements up
with?

I live there too, and the only accounts of Mountain Lions are in areas where
people have moved into their range. Or are forced out and into other areas
habituated by people. Such as the recent sightings in Walnut Creek.
http://cbs5.com/pets/local_story_190171231.html none of which posed any
danger.


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-Don
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