From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Sun, 16 Nov 2025 19:06:24 +0000, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid   
   (Liz Tuddenham) wrote:   
      
   >Jan Panteltje  wrote:   
   >   
   >[...]   
   >>killing dangerous anymals has nothing to do with hate.   
   >> Here we have a wolf problem,   
   >   
   >Just yesterday I visited my local farmer, less than 1 km away, and heard   
   >that two of his sheep had been killed, the carcases had been stripped to   
   >the bones.  Someone said they had seen a dog in the vicinity but this   
   >amount of damage could not have been caused by a dog.  Then a close   
   >neighbour reported seeing a big cat, possibly a lynx, on the farm.   
   >   
   >Sightings like this have been reported for the last 20 years or more,   
   >they no longer make the news.  Wolves hunt in packs, so their location   
   >is easy to discover and avoid; as individual animals they are frightened   
   >of humans.  On the other hand, big cats (except lions) are solitary   
   >animals and will attack humans if they are surprised or feel threatened.   
      
   We lose about one hiker per year to mountain lions in California. They   
   sneak up behind and rip one's throat open. They won't attack head-on.   
      
   Bears will attack head-on.   
      
      
      
      
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