I've always been annoyed by the PETA types and their "green" allies who want to reintroduce predators to areas where they'd been eradicated, and protest that we can coexist with predators without fear of them. Trouble is, nature really IS "red in tooth and claw", and predators have no fear of humans unless they learn it the hard way.
Two very recent examples:
Wisconsin Duck Hunter Claims He Killed Wolf In Self Defense
Man in Cañon City area claims self-defense after killing a mountain lion
The first incident was solved with a shotgun, but the second saw (of all things) a spade adapted as an emergency defensive weapon. Kudos to the man concerned for quick thinking.
In Africa, where I was born and raised, there'd be no argument about this whatsoever. It's an old and true saying that "In Africa, everything bites". Another is "Africa wins again!" If a wild animal of any sort approaches you, you put it down, no questions asked, no hesitation whatsoever. If you don't, you'll likely find out that you're either being digested, or have contracted rabies or some other delightful disease. I fear Americans have lost that awareness that in the wilderness, you are not at the top of the food chain - far from it!
I'm glad to read that both of the victims survived those animal attacks. May others learn from their example.
Peter
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Nobody seems to remember that the Texas and the southwest United States were once well within the natural range of the Jaguar. They were eliminated for a reason. There have been cryptid type sightings. Have you ever seen a Jaguar in person? People are not going to like it if they are reintroduced. I can tell you that if I am ever confronted with one in my wandering around in the outdoors I'm going to start shooting and we can discuss legalities and environmental sensitivity at a later time.
I was informed by my National Guard unit's recon detachment NCOIC, an Airmobile trooper in Vietnam before I encountered him in the early '80's, that a properly wielded entrenching tool is the most devastating close combat weapon you may have available. He never disclosed how he arrived at that conclusion . . .
The PETA and Greenie types are evidence that we have willfully thwarted Darwinian selection and society is much worse off for having done so. If these idiots are so obsessed with having dangerous wildlife close the easy solution is to drop them into a zoo habitat of a dangerous predator and let nature take it's course. Animal gets fed and society is minus one more moron.
Some time ago, at a remote park in Kansas, something stalked me in tall grass (six-feet tall). I suspect it was a bobcat, but it might have been a mountain lion. I got the heck away from the grass and hiked a different part of the park. I also had a chat with a state park ranger in a different flat state, who said that no, officially they had no mountain lions in the state, but who also agreed that avoiding a certain rugged section of the preserve wouldn't be a bad idea. He knew that I knew that the mountain lions didn't pay attention to the media or to state line signs.
TXRed
Based on several years' service in Africa, I can confirm that from personal experience. The Spetsnaz entrenching tool with its fixed handle is particularly well suited to sharpening and defensive use. See https://www.coldsteel.com/spetsnaz-special-forces-trench-shovel/ for more information.
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