big cats... should be protected?

[biscuit jake]

Mountain lions. Jogger eaters. Should they be legally protected? I say no. They need to be out of town. They are dangerous. Best to keep them in the wild areas.

Any takers?

Theres a damn good reason predatory animals were wiped out wherever man settled the first time around, and I would say thats still good reasoning now.

In the truewild, where they don't interact or come into contactwith man is one thing, but in close proximity to human populations of any size, no thanks.Hunters happily volunteer to fill the niche predators fill, andthey pay to do it.

[Aught Six]

Just about all wildlifesharing land with humans needs to be managed.

[salukipv1]

protected? they should be like any other specie...kept in check with hunting etc.....too many then you get jogger eaters.......I dont want mtn lion extinction.

[909bowsniper]

We can't hunt them in California, and they have dinner on alot of joggers?

[BuckRogers]

Iowa there are not protected...yetI will make a nice rug if I ever see one. They are slowly but surely moving into our state.

[hillbillyhunter1]

I guess it depends if the eaten jogger was anti-hunting or not (like many in CA, I suspect. No offense targethogs). If they were then I say "way to go mountain lions!!!"

[Big Duane]

many things kills more people than mtn lions - should we do away with those too ?

[Lanse couche couche]

Let he who has never eaten a jogger cast the first stone

[burniegoeasily]

ORIGINAL: Lanse couche couche

Let he who has never eaten a jogger cast the first stone

That leaves me out. I can not expand on what that means on this forum.