It was just kill, kill, kill – cougar mauls 5 goats at Gilroy home

It saddens me sometimes when I think about what is allowed to happen in this world.  The article says that they issue about 200 permits to residents so that they can kill a mountain lion.  Mountain lions aren’t natural predators of humans.  If they are going after your livestock and/or pets, that’s what they do.  The residents know that these creatures live there.  I would think you would just make it harder for them to get to the prey they want so that they feed on the stuff that’s hopefully readily available in the wild.

I understand that people get scared, but c’mon people!!  We as human beings moved into what was originally a large ecosystem that did not include us!  Now we are here, great.  I like being a part of what this planet is.  Not going in and changing it completely to suit our likes or to assuage our own fears.

I do plan on having some children someday, and I would hate for there to be no more of any particular animal, especially one that is well known, for my children to see.