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Originally posted by Kevin Andrew Murphy:
For example, in California, mountain lions have made a comeback. So much so that they've occasionally wandered out of the mountains into suburbia.
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Kevin, the mountain lions haven't invaded suburban backyards;sububurbia has invaded the mountain lion's backyard, the same way that oil pipelines do in the northern wilderness refuges of wolves, brown bears, caribou, and many other species. Migration routes and breeding and hunting territories are lost or changed. The animals pay the price. It's a lose lose situation.
I agree though that there is often nothing else to be done besides killing the animal when it endangers the public. We are running out of places to relocate them.
Donna