From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Sat, 09 Aug 2025 03:13:15 -0700, chine.bleu wrote:   
      
   > Mountain lions eat deer, and no one mourns the deer. We do not have deer   
   > herd population bombs spilling onto neighbourhoods. Like coyotes,   
   > mountain lions mostly avoid human. They can kill humans, so when they   
   > attack hikers or come out of the hills into neighbourhoods, they are   
   > killed. But meetings are rare, so we usually leave them alone up in the   
   > hills.   
      
   The last mountain lion fatality here was in '89 when a cat attacked a 5   
   year old playing in his yard. Unfortunately the child fit the prey   
   profile. I've run into cats several times but I don't fit the profile of   
   fleeing prey like a jogger or biker might.   
      
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