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Mountain lions have made a pretty strong comeback in the North East. They are not endangered in any sense of the word. Deer and coyotes are actually over abundant.
Then I was a kid, a mountain lion hadn't been seen in much of the East for many years. They are regularly seen today by casual observers. Coyotes were nonexistent. I live on the Hudson river 2 hours from NYC, and I have a pack of them in my back yard on a regular basis.
I have seen mink, black bear, fox, otter, fisher cat, bob cat, and all the usual small mammals all from the road within 6 miles from my house. These species have all made amazing comebacks in the last 40 years. Fishers in particular are voracious predators, and an area has to have a particular abundance of small game to support them.
Mountain lions are not really endangered in the US. They aren't suffering loss of habitat. They don't take 2000 years to mature like some trees, and they aren't being harvested out of existence.
Here, here is your outrage. Wait. I seem to be experiencing gratitude that there are enough that some guy with a bow can go out and find one. They are notoriously hard to hunt. However, when there are enough of them, they will start encroaching on suburban areas, because they have no natural fear of humans.
Everybody has an opinion. In this case, I really don't feel outrage. I am not a fan of outrage in general. I much prefer a reasoned and rational response.
I was in a Diner yesterday. Someone was eating chicken. Where is the outrage ?
Good or bad, who can say ? Give me pros and cons. Many of the responses I get from people every day aren't measured or considered. They are not a response so much as a reaction. A preprogrammed reaction that has been regurgitated many times over many years, with no additional thought or information given to its formation.
We miss Dottore because he thought about things. We miss Zeke because he was always willing to speak up and call BS, and would willingly admit that he didn't always know the answers. Many of the responses I hear here are pretty much the same as they were last year, and five years before that. But the world changes.
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