tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post5718926042745360864..comments2023-10-17T17:35:50.550-07:00Comments on LA Cowboy: Should the government be ENCOURAGING mountain lions to live in Los Angeles City Parks?Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-19373654664146379822012-04-11T14:08:00.552-07:002012-04-11T14:08:00.552-07:00I don't necessarily disagree with any of your ...I don't necessarily disagree with any of your points (though if one or more hungry animals loses their fear of humans enough to go after pets in the brush near adjacent homes, that could change. But assuming that you right for the moment - why not remove the lion back to where it can sustain itself so we do not have a hungry predator roaming around a city park looking for food? <br /><br />That would not upset the balance you feel will remain - and it will remove the possibility of a tragedy happening if the lion decides to attack a small child it happens to run across.<br /><br />But I feel this is a larger question than this one lion in this one spot. The question is - is it right to encourage - as opposed to discourage - an animal with a record of attacking humans to live in or near densely populated areas where it can not naturally sustain itself?<br /><br />In the long term - since this policy will at some point result in the loss of human lives, then following this policy might cause far stricter restrictions on where mountain lions will be able to live than if they were safely removed from highly populated areas.Brady Westwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-22880610601103411002012-04-11T13:51:38.610-07:002012-04-11T13:51:38.610-07:00Mountain Lions have been making forays into Griffi...Mountain Lions have been making forays into Griffith Park for short time periods the entire time the park has been in existence. They have huge territories and the size and deer population in Griffith is too small to sustain one, really, much less a family. This guy will kill a deer or two and make his way back out of the park - same as others have done for 115 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com