Colorado runner chokes 80-pound mountain lion to death

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@teknocholer

However we draw the boundaries between human and wildlife, those boundaries are going to be crossed, especially since there is no way for the wildlife to understand them. In the case of an attack like this, killing the cougar is probably the best result for the species as a whole, since it means that the cougars that avoid humans are the ones that survive and teach their offspring to fear us.

Well considering that almost a third of the US population lives within the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) and more pressure is put upon species and their habitats, instances of human-wildlife interaction will only increase. Unfortunately, the animals are at a distinct disadvantage and will certainly lose out in the end.

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