Endangered
uh huh
A man in his 50s ...was walking along a trail in the northwest corner of Foothills Park at about 4 p.m. when the mountain lion jumped on him from behind, causing the man to fall about 15 feet down a hill until he collided with a tree ...
The mountain lion, estimated to be about 5 feet long, also lost its balance and tumbled past the man and into a creek below…
The cat subsequently scampered off, leaving the man uninjured but shaken
“Scampered”... Cute.
Since 1972 when lion hunting was first banned [ostensibly for 5 years. yeah.] the population has risen. So has the human population.
If a lion attacks and eats your livestock, the only [legal] thing you can do is call the state trapper who comes out and “verifies” that it’s a lion attack [not too hard, though in the case of calves and lambs the animal is just gone]. Then he has to go to a judge, get a special permit which is time limited whereupon he can bring his dogs [the only way to actually catch a lion] and has 6 or 12 or 24 hours to find one of the most elusive animals in our haaabitat. ...as it scampers through the forest.
I heard tell of one instance earlier this summer where the trapper took some 20 animals on a 500 acre parcel in a 24 hour session. “Endangered.” There is no motivator for anyone to get a rational count on the animals as the hunters no longer have an interest and the “protectors” are invested in the status quo, apparently having as their goal cougars scampering down every suburban cul de sac feeding on wayward toddlers, poodles and slow oldsters.
Of course, it won’t be a problem when they’ve moved us all into those 800sf apartments clustered sustainably around the Smart Train in walkable, walled enclaves.
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