Cougar Spotted in My Neighborhood - He looks hungry!

Yes - he is in the Jersey Pine Barrens, Being in the heart of that is like going back 200 years in time.

Uh, they'd just as readily eat a small child. I'm sure our local hunters will use that as reason to hunt it down and kill it. Proudly and gleefully, I might add. Living here is like living in southern Alabama. Last year some local hunters cut down a tree that had a Bald Eagle nest with chicks because U.S. Fish and Wildlife declared the are out of bounds for hunting. That did NOT make them happy, so in the middle of the night they cut the tree down. No eagles - no hunting restrictions. Fixed that problem, easy-peasy!

Every spring I stop along the local road to help turtles get across. I'm good for twenty or so over a couple of months time span. This year, one very large Eastern Painted which, until I picked it up, I did not know that it had already been hit. Had a large chunk of its shell caved in, but it was still trying to get across the road. I didn't think of it until later, but I should have taken it to an animal hospital.

Around here, running over turtles is considered 'sport.'

I hate humans. Always have and always will. Most have no respect for the world around them, or worse, they are completely apathetic and don't understand what the 'big deal' with preserving nature is all about.

Sad!!!

Thank you.

I grew up on the side of a mountain in Northern Wyoming. We had big cats like this all over the place.

The 1st time I went to a big city I asked where all the trees were. And, how do you people stand this smell?

I understand your points big time.

I'm a vegan now and have been for some time. I don't preach it to others, but I can't stand what we've done to our world.

Am I the only person who finds these threads and comments objectionable?

I know, right?

#disappointed

that's horrible. Wild creatures are always wild and people should not underestimate them

Like most things in life, if you're going to do it, do it right the first time. We can learn a great deal from the eating habits of many animals.

Hell, whenever I attack someone I immediately go for the jugular.

Thank you.

I love 'feel good' stories. :-)

Thank you.

Yes, we get the same crap here, people are forced, due to real estate going through the roof, to move further away from the city or rural, country areas.

Then after purchasing their tini, two story apartment looking over the neighbours paddock, they complain about the mooing, and manure smell, and other farming practices.

I have checked out these places, and lived on a farm for most of my life, and find it ironic that some move into the country, and quickly put up with city peak hour, since the roads typically cannot handle that, or there are limited other options.

And have a family next door, pretty much killing any serinity that a country lifestyle entails.

That's right around the corner. I'm only one good head-bump, away. :-(

Thank you.