We need to face the facts, and one of the facts is that the wildlife officials will not admit or "confirm" that a person was killed by a wild animal unless there is basically an eye witness. Sometimes it almost has to be avideo tape. As I stated earlier,I know of a farmer whohad a healthycalf killed by a mountain lion.The mountain lioneven started to eat the calf, but the wildlife officals denied his claim as theirwas no "proof"thecalf was killed by a mountain lion. Photos of mountian lions have been taken in my area, and the wildlife officals say the pictures are of a big tom cat. The only tom cats I know that are even close to 100 lbs are mountian lions. Maybe it was a big tom cat that killed and started to eat that farmer's calf. One of the facts is that the wildlife officals are not always honest with the public nor with what they report. This places the reliability of their reports in question.

If a person who is attacked by a mountain lionlater diesfrom their injuries, do they classify the deathasa result of a mountian lion attack or as a result of health conditions/complications (heart, stroke, pneumonia, age,etc.)? How many of the people who just disappear and are never found (parks, rural areas,etc) are killedby a wild animal and eaten? When a missing person is found dead: and it is evident that an animal has been eating on the body,how do they classify this death? So lets admit the likelihood that human deaths from mountain lionsand wolvesare greater than those reported.

There are good dog breeders, and their arebad dog breeders. There are good pet owners, and there are bad pet owners. The majority of dog attacks are due to one of the previously mentioned reasons (bad dog breeders and/or bad pet owners).Severaldog attacks are due tochildren not being trained how to treat a dog, or having a dog that does nottolerate children well around children. If an intruder or attacker is attacked or killed by the family dog, how is this categorized in the records? How is a death of person from a trained attack dog for protection/security recorded? What about attacks anddeaths by police dogs? What is the percentage of human deaths by the familydogvs thetotal of the family dogpopulationcompared to human deaths by mountain lions vs the totalmountain lion population? There are millions of dogs and threeto five thousand mountain lions.

A stray dog does not stay around. It is either captured by animal control, taken in by someone or killed. Does animal control come out if someone reports seeing a mountain lion? Not likely unless it is in town and refuses to leave.

Summary - It is likely that deaths bywild animalsare higher than reported.Attacks or deaths by attack/security dogs may be included in the numbers. Attacks or deaths of intruders/attackers by a family dog may be included in the numbers.Human error is partly to blame for dog attacks (you don't have a family pet around a baby or childuntil it is has been made clear to the pet the pecking order and the pet has demonstrated its recognition and willingness to obey the pecking order, teaching children how to treat a dog, etc.). There are dog breeds made aggressive and strong for fighting that should not be a family pet in most instances.