Apparently we were mistaken about there not being cougars on Cougar Mountain any more. The people at the Cougar Mountain Zoo say that there are regular sightings in the area. And now a story in the local newspaper reports on the first cougar sighting of the year very close to where we live.
As Tom E. suggested, we'll be teaching Dorothy not to pet the big kitties. :-O More likely, she won't be allowed outside without supervision, even when she gets old enough to do so (in a few years?!?).
To put things perspective, there were only 12 sightings total last year in this area, and the story didn't mention anything about attacks. Of course, the 2nd link in a search on Google Images for "cougar" is a Washington state page titled "Living with Wildlife".
The Pacific Northwest lifestyle seems to be a bit different from that in Boston...
Posted by Tom Nugent at March 26, 2005 10:35 PMDoes that "Living With Wildlife" page have any suggestions on what to do when sasquatch move into the area....I hear they can be problematic to get rid of, and many exterminators require extra fess to spray for them.
Posted by: Tom at March 27, 2005 06:38 AMI don't know about Bigfoot, but we already have regular sightings of Littlefoot. I'm not sure we want to get rid of her, though...
Posted by: Tom Nugent at March 27, 2005 09:35 AM