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A mountain Lion is, by nature, no more aggressive than our house cats. But given that it is a helluva lot bigger any incident or attack could end badly. My heart tells me that the Lion was not to blame and should have been left alone. My brain tells me that the Lion has lost its fear of humans and that could turn fatal. Its pretty stupid to run a park that allows Big Cats...
17:26 Tue 21st Jan 2020
As I doubt anyone of the comments so far are from people who have lived in a country where the local wildlife can eat you, I can assure you most will run away from humans. This one for whatever reason was not afraid and attacked a child. It needed to be shot and maybe the reason why it went rogue looked into. Capturing it and relocating it would have just exported the problem elsewhere.
It's a wilderness park. One assumes folk enter at their own risk. Parents/guardians taking responsibility for those too young to make a responsible decision. It would be a different matter if the cat roamed out of the area and got a taste humans. As it is, it's just the way nature is, and what the park is meant to be. One assumes a park authority gives ample warnings and as much safety as possible.
APG - // As I doubt anyone of the comments so far are from people who have lived in a country where the local wildlife can eat you, I can assure you most will run away from humans. This one for whatever reason was not afraid and attacked a child. It needed to be shot and maybe the reason why it went rogue looked into. Capturing it and relocating it would have just exported the problem elsewhere. //
That's a response I can entirely agree with.
There can always be an argument that the lion is doing what comes naturally, which is true, but this individual animal has developed a boldness and clear vision of humans as fair prey that means it would never be safe anywhere near people.
That's a response I can entirely agree with.
There can always be an argument that the lion is doing what comes naturally, which is true, but this individual animal has developed a boldness and clear vision of humans as fair prey that means it would never be safe anywhere near people.
Unfortunately, as the Lion has actually attacked a Visitor it is the only sencible descision ! I still think there is something basically wrong in having 'wild' animals in captivity ! (a wilderness park is still captivity , though better than a cage )
I am lucky enough to have lived in Southern Africa, Zambia /Zaire border. We sometimes had 'wild' animals wandering through our gardens !
I am lucky enough to have lived in Southern Africa, Zambia /Zaire border. We sometimes had 'wild' animals wandering through our gardens !
