Comments on: Rexburg Area Cougar Dead After Attack

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 14:10:37 +0000

***SWM Seeks Cougar***

I am 39 years old, love walks on the beach, holding hands, music and love to cook and psending my girlfirends money. Also seeking cougar attack, please be 50+ years old, good job so you can support me, at least $150K plus as I have expensive tastes. Athletic and fit preferred but at least HWP. Please be DD and Rabies free

By: Fang

Fang — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 16:46:21 +0000

Killing the cat is necessary to determine if it has rabies.

Additionally wild apex predators which have discovered how easy it is to take a human will do it again, and will teach their young to do the same. ((Translation for big city folk: It’s very similar to the predatory criminal problem in dangerous metropolitan neighborhoods with repeat offenders… maybe you can get NYT to write a sympathy story for them?)) Dead predator stops this cycle.

I’m pleased we still have a very short process of engaging this methodology here in Idaho. In yesteryear the local population would be killing and trapping every cat in the county. So, I’m also pleased we have found a preservationist compromise in modern times.

Be advised, the cat has many sisters, you will surely meet one of them if you feel the need to sacrifice yourself for their welfare. These cats are numerous, perhaps too numerous due to the human caused unbalance in the ecosystem.

By: Yossarian_22

Yossarian_22 — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 14:37:23 +0000

This is a shame. I hate to see it. I would have hoped that they could relocate the cat. That doesn’t always work, but it should have been tried.

The bottom line is, when you go out in the woods, it’s not your backyard anymore. There is a line of respect of nature that should be recognized. But you shouldn’t be a milque toast either. Take protective measures. But if you can get out of trouble without killing the natural inhabitants, that would be really appreciated.

By: Linda Iannuzzi

Linda Iannuzzi — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 13:44:44 +0000

It’s appalling that a cat is slaughtered for doing what cougars are supposed to do. The little girl has a few scratches, but the cat (and if it’s a female – probably all of her cubs) die for that. You don’t even know if the slaughtered cougar was the cougar that went after the girl! You probably scared that cat to death, and it would never have approached humans again! But that’s not good enough! Chase it down and KILL IT!!! Is that “campground” the cougar’s home or the people’s home? Everything dies so people can play wherever they want? Who puts a 4 year old to bed in a tent in the wild and walks away?? I’m glad she’s okay, but hunting down and killing that cougar was unnecessary. Even humans who ACTUALLY commit murder allowed to keep living!

Westerners and Alaskans are so quick to kill wildlife for convenience, commerce, entertainment, spite, covering their ass, and other indefensible reasons. Is it any wonder the populations of wildlife as well as fish and pollinators are crashing around the world?

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 02:56:05 +0000

Hey! Cougars gotta eat, too!

Thank goodness the little girl is okay… what a harrowing thing!