In a message dated 1/16/2005 7:04:05 PM Mountain Standard Time, BillB@bnj.com
writes:
> Point being, these are very fast animals, nothing but muscle, claws and an
> appetite. Nothing to mess with. While there have only been 8 known cougar
> attacks in the last fifty years in Oregon, three of them happened in the
> last two years. I think in California and Colorado the recency ratio is even
> worse. They are the top of the food chain unless you have a .270, and even
> then, watch your back.
>
>
Bill's on the money for sure.
Here in Colo. we've had 2 fatalities & 4 attacks since 91'. The one death was
by an old female weighing in @ under 60 lbs.
Seems Arizona & British Colombia have as bad, if not a worse problem with the
big felines.
Kevin
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