I fear cats more than bears...There have been alot of attacks here in Southern Cal and to further things here we can't shot them, self defense would be OK but you had better be able to prove it. A police officer is being charged for shooting one sitting on his block wall eyeing one of his kids. He wounded the cat, DFG tracked the cat and finished it off, and then they came back and gave this guy a ticket...who makes the call if his kids were in danger or not?