I found this on one of my My Space bulletins From Truth's Noir Depths ... who got it from Graywolf ... Please understand why I ask ... when will MAN learn ... as our population grows ... we encroach onto the natural home of our Creator's creatures ... think about it ... A Mother protecting her young ... wouldn't you?
WELL, BELOW YOU WILL READ ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW MAN DOES NOT LEARN FROM HIS MISTAKES! WE MOVE INTO WILDERNESS AREAS TO BE CLOSE TO NATURE AND WHEN NATURE STRIKES OUT AT THE INTRUSION, IT IS NATURE THAT SUFFERS! WE CAN ONLY PUSH OUR WILDLIFE, WHAT IS LEFT, SO FAR AND THEN THESE THINGS WILL EVENTUALLY OCCUR---SO NOW WE HAVE THIS GUY, TRYING TO PET A MOUNTAIN LION CUB, AND HE GETS SCRATCHED! WELL HE IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE, IF THE MOUNTAIN LION WHICH WAS ONLY PROTECTING HER CUB WANTED TO, SHE COULD HAVE KILLED HIM! PEOPLE, WAKE UP, WE HAVE DONE ENOUGH HARM TO OUR FOUR LEGGED AND WINGED BROTHERS AND SISTERS---DO WE NOW KILL AN INNOCENT CREATURE FOR DEFENDING IT'S CUBS? iIF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAVE THESE ANIMALS THEN TAKE THE TIME TO VOICE YOUR OPINION DIRECTLY--- MAKE YOUR CALL TO (916) 653-5040 AND TELL THEM TO SPARE THE LIVES OF THIS INNOCENT CREATURES!
Mountain lion attacks Orange County hiker
The big cat lunged at and scratched the Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park hiker after he tried to pet one of her cubs, officials said. The park has been closed while the search for the cougars continues.
By Mike Anton, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
11:40 AM PDT, August 6, 2008
A mountain lion attacked a hiker in Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park early today after he went to pet one of the cougar's three cubs, Orange County authorities said.
The Foothills Ranch area man, whose identity was not immediately available, was taken to a hospital and treated for scratches on his arm, said Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino.
Victim in O.C. cougar attack refuses... Out of the mouth of a lion"What he did is not an advisable thing to do," Amormino said. "He can consider himself an extremely lucky man.
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Signs throughout the park warn that mountain lions live in the foothill wilderness. In 2004, a mountain biker was killed and another severely injured by a cougar in Whiting Ranch. The death of Mark Reynolds, 35, of Foothill Ranch, was the first in Orange County history and the only one statewide since 1994.
Today's attack happened about 8:30 a.m. a mile up the Borrego Trail. The hiker told authorities he came across a female lion and three cubs that he estimated were about 8 weeks old.
"He said they seemed so cute and cuddly and passive," Amormino said.
When he went to pet one of the cubs, the mother lunged at him -- and then ran off.
Sheriff's deputies, park rangers, and state Fish and Game officials are searching for the cougars on foot and by air. The park has been closed for the search.
While mountain lions that have contact with humans "are generally put down," Amormino said he has contacted a San Diego wildlife sanctuary that has agreed to take the lion and her cubs if they can be tranquilized and caught.
mike.anton@latimes.com
