MPD Officer Forced To Shoot A Mountain Lion To Protect Self And Community
Wednesday
This occurred near the entrance to a private road in the 800 block of Norumbega Dr. There have been recent sightings and encounters with Mountain Lions in this area for some time and this was the inevitable outcome as these wild animals become more and more accustomed to us. I had posted an article about a neighbor’s dog that had been attacked and almost killed if he had not intervened with a rake. This female Lion (aprox. 75lb) has a mate that is still in the area so be very carful for yourself and your children.
Why wasn’t she just tranquilized and returned to the wild?
Is this the future for wildlife? We have taken over their land not the other-way around.
I’m tired of hearing that we moved into their land. This isn’t their land they were not alive when homes were built here, they were born much later. If you want to be dinner for wild animals than be my guest or if you want to feed your children or pets to them then do it but don’t tell me that this is their land.
If you subscribe to that theory then where do you start and finish. Man doesn’t have a place on the planet because others were here before him. Non Native Americans don’t belong in the United States, we need to leave. Mountain Lions shouldn’t kill deer because they have a right to be here this is their land also.
We have a duty to keep ourselves, our families and neighbors safe and sooner or later we are going to have to start killing the animals that would kill us. We are the reason that they are so prolific because we provide an easy living for them that allows them to thrive in numbers that were unheard of a few hundred years ago.
There is no place to relocate them that does not allow their quick return and that makes all in danger and they have become accustom to us and we and our pets have entered their food chain and we are quickly becoming the prime target because we are the weakest, slowest and easiest Kill.
This is really too bad but if the officer didn’t have a tranquilizer gun (or perhaps the time to wait for the drug to take effect) he had no choice but to use lethal force.
I love cats of all sizes but peaceful and law-abiding people are more important when it comes to dealing with predators, whether on four legs or two. That is all there is to it.
I am happy the animal didn’t suffer, and the officer is safe.