Registered: Oct 2000
Location: canadian rockies
Posts: 1526

here kitty kitty...

I live in a national park. http://www.worldweb.com/parkscanada-banff/weather.html
There are deer in my backyard and elk in my front yard. This is what has happened in the last week:

A cougar ate the dog of one of the rich guys who live on the hill just outside of town.

They shot the cat.

Two days ago a thirty year old woman, the new 'dancer in residence' at the Banff centre for performing arts was killed by a cougar while cross-country skiing. The cat was caught and is awaiting sentence.

Should they kill him?

If I chose to live in this place I accept the risks. Animal vs. human. What do you think?

selah.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Nanaimo BC, Canada
Posts: 1525

I say buy a shotgun.

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Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Texas
Posts: 2593

It's a National Park for goodness sake! Why can't people just visit if they don't want to be prepared to live in the wild with the wild. Sheesh. Move.


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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Location Location
Posts: 26420

That's an interesting question.

On the one hand, I would say that no, the cougar was just doing what cougars do. It was probably the skier's fault anyway (details would help on that though). If a snake bites a hiker, you don't hunt down and kill that specific snake. You say to the hiker "sucks to be you".

On the other hand, we can't have cougars killing people. And once they get the taste for blood, they'll be more likely to do it again in the future (I have NO idea if that is true or not, that is just what they say about tigers in India and shit).

But then again, if you kill a cougar for the POTENTIAL to cause harm, you might as well kill every fucking cougar, cuz I guarantee you at some point it will happen again.

BUT, in this case you would not only be killing for the POTENTIAL to cause harm, but also because harm has already been caused. And as retribution of sorts.

But, it was also a National Park.

Interesting question. I am torn, I would have to say.

But then again, it's only a fucking big cat. So I don't care that much either way.

I would have to say off the cuff to let the cougar go. Good question though. A lot of things to consider.

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: GA
Posts: 6969

i think this should be a revenge issue.
IF the family of the person that was killed wants to hunt that cougar down, i think they should be allowed to kill it themselves. but, if they arent interested in hunting it down and killing it, i think they should let it be.

that would be a fair solution.


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