Euthanized? You mean shot and killed. The officers discharged their weapons? You mean shot and killed it. My goodness you'd think we all wear safety helmets to bed.
Euthanized means to put an animal down by any means. This can be a “sleepy time shot” vets give pets or the use of a firearm. My goodness you’d think we all haven’t picked up a dictionary.
Wow smh. Keep that same energy if a mountain lion ever attacks you or your loved ones insensitive human! Your statement is so generalized like the people attacked deserved it or something. I love animals and wildlife but I'm not living in a fairy tale. The reality is wild animals do not care about all that you or other people think because newsflash humans and animals are different. Maybe you meant something else like why don't murderers or criminals or savage humans should be done as the mountain lion. But make it clear because I'm tired of people making it seem animals are better and more important than humans yet they would not love if a animal harmed or killed someone you cared about and that's why comments like yours all over TH-cam and social media are insensitive bs because you don't know the people harmed you make it about the animals. But if it was the other way around then it would matter. 🤷
@@UceScooter oh no a huge loss of human life, we only have 8+ billion people on the planet while killing countless other animals fish insects but oh the tragedy of losing a human life
I believe if people stop building neighborhoods in their habitat . So because of uninvited humanity this beautiful animal was killed . Over populated ?
@@santosmadrigal3702 They were in the deep woods. Liberal fairytale land would be such a lovely place. No houses for humans and wild animals overrunning the world. Sounds awesome 😂. Liberals are truly out of touch with reality and it's embarrassing.
"They discharged their firearms" instead of "they shot at the Mountain lion" is an indication of how screwed up our law enforcement is. Was he going to hurt some one's feelings?
I bet all of you on this thread don’t live in New York and therefore just blindly believing the alt right propaganda like the little 🐑cult members you are.
I was born in West Virginia in the mountains and had to go out after dark to get water at the well I had a German Shepherd and I heard a noise and turned a the mountain lion was 30 feet from me my dog broke out of the wood shed and ran him off I never went out with out my gun in hand sorry to hear this it's a horrible thing to happen it had to be like a horror movie it's sad may he rest in peace prays god bless and comfort the family
My thoughts and prayers to the family. I was shed hunting yesterday also with my 3 year old son, my wife is mortified. I live 30 miles south I’ve hunted my whole life the last 10 years have seen more Big Cats then i can count I know I’ve seen on game/ring cameras and in person over 20 mountain lions in the last 12 months or so. The most recent estimate is 4500 cats some estimates are as high as 6500 hundred but the state recently came out denying it. What is a known fact is we had 2 million deer in this state in 1968 around 1972 the state put a temporary ban on mountain lion hunting in 1990 they made it permanent as a result we have way more cats than ever before and our deer population is down to 450k deer maybe less. This state is going against the North American model for conservation and hunting. both the deer and cougars should be treated as a renewable resource having tags going back into their species conservation. To those of you who say they don’t run in packs there has been multiple videos coming out of the Jackson area of mountain lions in a pack of 5. Also I love mountain lions and want them on our beautiful landscape I just wish for them to be managed.
He if referring to family units that are so comfortable they continue to hunt together well beyond normal weaning. And that is a sure sign that the cats have no pressure from predators, man or animal.
It’s like the brothers should’ve had access to proper guns without having weird laws that made it a hassle to have a gun to defend yourself. Why would you be in the wood without a good gun??
@@rodolfo5651 Well, when your Toy Puddle gets snatched from your backyard, remember what you said. We, Humans are the Top of the Animal Kingdom. The Lion F'ed AFO. Eh, your comment proved, Can't fix stupid. If like OP stated, Cali didnt have so many idiots in charge, the bros would have been able to protect themselves.
NYT article from May 2, 1994: "a 2 or 3-year-old female mountain lion, suspected of killing a jogger was shot to death today. The jogger, Barbara Schoener, 40, was mauled on April 23 as she ran along a path in the Auburn State Recreation Area in the Sierra foothills 40 miles northeast of Sacramento. Her body was found the next day buried, as cougars often do with their prey, under leaves and branches. Mrs. Schoener was the first person this century killed directly by a mountain lion in California. In 1909, a mother and child survived a mauling by a cougar but later died of rabies.
Not true. I lived in the Colorado mountains for 3 years. I never had the pleasure, but a neighbor who lived a 1/4 mile away saw 13 together at one time. 40 years later, I'm amazed that our dogs ever made it home every day.
I was living in CA in 94 when the woman jogger was attack and killed. The lion was shot, but what was weird, was that the go-fund-me to take care of the lion cubs was 10X larger than than the go-fund-me educational fund for the victims two orphan children.. Go figure
I was stationed in California at the time and I remember the incident. Yep, more money went to the lion cubs than the children of the woman. I also remember the bunny huggers blaming the jogger when the lioness was killed when it was guarding the joggers body.
In that fatal attack (the last in Northern California until yesterday), the jogger must have inadvertently come between a mountain lion mother and her cubs. There's no clue given as to why the mountain lion attacked the young men yesterday. The usual mountain lion reaction is to move away and hide until humans have passed.
Not really. It's the intelligence to build a firearm that keeps mankind at the top of the food chain. And when did being at the top of the food chain become a crime?
Can't blame the lion. They went willingly into the area hunting. The lion went into the area hunting. Then the clash. When hunting you got to stay aware and be ready for the other hunters.
For antler sheds. This means discarded antlers that are naturally shed by animals every year. SMH, don't worry, with overpopulation, the mountain lions will eventually take to the cities. Maybe then California will do something about it.
@@kirkoglesby6175there is no overpopulation of mountain lions in California. That is a myth that those who opposed the ban on hunting mountain lions created. The population of mountain lions has actually declined some in the last decade, with an estimated number between 3500-4500 state wide. And this is down from the pre mountain lion hunting band numbers. The reason there are mountain lion attacks is because more and more people are building homes in extremely rural areas that have always been the mountain lions’ territory. It isn’t that the mountain lions are coming to cities, but that the cities are going to the mountain lions. And a simple search about mountain lion population in California will confirm what I just posted.
@TheCrazyMoparDude68 well thank you for the information. I was going based on a news report stating that they were running in packs. I was like, that's really odd because normally they wouldn't.
That guy at the end who said he use to hunt them when he was younger and said he’s see them in packs but mountain lions don’t live in packs. Unless it’s a mama with her babies
This had nothing to do with hunting, if anything the argument can be made that this happened because the hunting of mountain lions was banned in the state of California.
@@anthonyn1157 There is no need to hunt mountain lions. Leave them alone if they’re not doing anything. If you have to defend yourself, then do it. Otherwise, leave them alone and if you’re worried about running into them, then don’t go into the woods.
When you eliminate hunting. Especially hunting with dogs. Dangerous game loses its fear of humans. We become another prey animal.not something to be avoided
@@KIskra stay inside the city forever never experience anything because it’s “their territory” and I should eat junk food and play video games like a good drone.
@@anthonyn1157 Or just not go into areas where mountain lions live when it's breeding season. It's not rocket science. Or we could stop building subdivisions, cutting down wild animals' natural habitat, then get mad that a wild animal did what wild animals do.
@@anthonyn1157 That’s better than encroaching in the territory of wild animals and not expecting to encounter them, but ending up surprised when you do.
@@xenn4985 They did not use the word "over". He said clearly "The last fatal mountain lion attack was 20 years ago. Also in Eldorado county,. in 1994". Are you deaf or incapable of playing that back?
I’m glad someone can do math, not me. I’m still just barely comprehending my break-even point trading options. It’s sad and depressing, but not too late.
...the stupidest sentence ever written. these cats are ghosts. if you have ever seen a deer it was in a lions hunting area and very likely watching you and the deer that is how common they actually are and in spite of this they are hardly ever seen and attacks of this kind only happen every 10 years or so usually with an older animal who is starving and willing to risk an attack on unfamiliar prey.
Humans belong on the landscape as much as animals. People who seem to think humans are some unnatural alien invader to the planet are so odd to me. It's shocking because mountain lions don't generally attack humans.
It was a very bad idea because these animals have no fear of humans whatsoever. Here in Florida, if a cougar or bobcat sees you…..they take off running because they know we Floridians are armed and will protect ourselves if we have to. These wild animal attacks just don’t happen, unless it’s a nitwit security employee guarding a wild animal sanctuary and he goes over to the tiger enclosure to pet the big cat and make friends…..only to have his armed gnawed off and the tiger shot by the police. Those are the kind of wild animal attacks we have here in Florida. Just the Darwin Award winners who believe they can make friends with a 600lb. Killing machine……and attack can be viewed right here on TH-cam. The guy is screaming his head off as the tiger is chewing his arm off. Those are the kind of problems we have here in Florida.
Lots of dumb logic in here. So let’s say you’re out for a walk in the concrete jungle which is inhabited mostly by humans, and you run across a crackhead with a baby…it chases you down and kills your sister…it’s OK because you crossed its path on the sidewalk in its natural habitat? No harm should come to the crackhead? Am I correct?
Why are we killing animals in their natural habitat? we are in their territory and need to respect that, they could have sedated it and relocated somewhere with less population. Im sorry for the kids. that's terrible. I hope for a full recovery of the one and peace for the other and his family.
@@osamanazzal4302 They didn't kill it like it was nothing, they killed it because it killed [and ATE] one human, and nearly killed another. As for "finding one that does", northern Canada might work, but they already have plenty too.
So sorry for this. Aside from the tragedy to those involved mountain lions are (or in this case, were) so incredibly rare. It did not understand the world the way we do.
@@mikemelina7395 I'm sure it was shot too, so that one is also gone. What were they doing? It seems an odd story that an animal that already well knows it can be hunted would attack 5 women on bikes
@@mikemelina7395 looks like there's about 30,000 mountain lions in total in the U.S. So as there's currently 331 million people..... that means there are eleven thousand Americans (11,000) for every 1 American mountain lion. That is significantly rarer, that's for sure! I think given those odds we could easily take them out even without the guns, which we certainly have on our side, heh.
That must had been traumatizing for the younger brother, seeing his big brother being attacked, and killed. I hope you can heal after this horriable incedent, and remember the good time you shared with your brother. My deepest condolences to you and your family.
I'm pretty surprised at how some people in the comment section are treating this. I mean, it did kill someone. Why are people acting like the death of the mountain lion is an equal tragedy?
I mean, it's tragic that someone died, but it's a mountain lion, not a serial killer. It's just doing what mountain lions do. What's the point of killing it?
Because animals cannot comprehend boundaries of civility. Mountain lion is gonna mountain lion. Like why does this make it ok to go out, hunt down, and execute animals for crimes that they fundamentally cannot understand?
What is wrong with all these stupid campers when they know in spring that all animals are out looking for food to feed their new cubs. Stay out of the woods in spring, it's the most dangerous time.
Because 99.999% of the time= no problems. Like trying to hide from an earthquake, if it is going to happen...it happens. Don't worry about it. I go in the woods all the time, wild animals run when they see humans- they know who the king of the woods is. This one was probably sick or something to cause this behavior.
Exactly. New cubs, New kits, all the babies are being born and mom is looking for food. Stay away from the woods, in the spring, unless you are carrying a weapon. The moms won't hesitate to kill if someone gets close to their litter.
So you think staying in the city is safer? Maybe on the roads? I mean, more people die in their own homes than die in the woods. You may want to think about that.
The comment "hikers need security", that amazes me. To be so unaware that you are not in your natural enviroment and that you are the threat to the wild life. Sad that someone lost their life.
I think you need to explain how two unarmed people out looking for shed antlers constitute a "threat" to apex predators? You come off as misinformed and condescending. A mountain lion stalked and preyed upon two brother out looking for antlers, that's what happened, it didn't feel "threatened", it dragged the poor guy off, why do you think it did that?
Hungry? Protecting its young? Defending its territory? Do you actually believe that a wild top predator can tell the difference between a benign "hiker" and a threat to its life or even a food source? If you can't I suggest you stay out of the areas where these animals might be. I get the impression you believe the animal committed an "evil' act.@@mikemelina7395
@@mikemelina7395 Maybe he was hungry or maybe he felt uncomfortable about the two brothers in his territory and was not sure that they were a threat. It’s not his fault. How was he supposed to know that they were harmless?
When people go into the woods where mountain lions and bears live, they need to understand that they're the invaders. The authorities murdered the mountain lion because it attacked two brothers even if they were not hunting like others do, it is a shame about the death of one of them and the mountain lion too. Maybe the lion thought that they were a threat, I don't know. Mountain lions and other wildlife are very territorial of course.
I will never understand why anyone would willingly go into the wilderness without a firearm, and I don't care what the laws state, it's simply common sense, especially if you live in an area where top predators are known to live.
The animals have unlimited area to hunt, but they're attracted to human areas because humans have pets, livestock, trash, etc. that attracts predators. People or no people, it all boils down to COMPLACENCY. Kind of like how there wouldn't be so many houses burn down in forest fires, if they weren't built in the middle of a forest. You have to take precautions; like clearing out the brush and dead vegetation, so the fires can't propagate as fast. Similarly, you should pack a weapon when you go into the woods, because animals will always look for the easy meal.
I'm not sure if they teach you this in American school but humans actually are from the "wild" and interacted and killed animals for oh,....millions of years. As a matter of fact, there are still humans right now as we speak who still live in the wild, interact with animals, and kill them for protection and sustenance. True story!
@@LunaLapin-ho5tk people have guns in California, there are guns in every state. They should have had some kind of protection, but maybe they were inexperienced. It's sad all around.
2:02. This guy is full of shyt. It's almost impossible to see a lion in real life. I have 9 trail cameras, and seen one live 3 times in 73 years. They don't want anything to do with humans. Come close to a den or cubbies, there will be trouble.
I use to gold dredge on the South Fork of the Yuba River outside of Grass Valley. I came across a couple, once on a trail and another on a river bar where I was camping. I just kept my eyes on them and backed away. Nothing happened.
Now they could have possibly left cubs without their mother. We ran into a mountain lion out hiking and we never turned our backs and walked backwards away from the direction we were headed and it left us alone.
You are a lucky guy. I have seen them at lease 4 times in the last 20 years. One was sniffing my fence on the outside of my back yard, at first I thought it was a Great Dane, then seen the tail and thought that's not the tail of a dog, then I seen the big cat face looking at me. My dogs German Shepherds was on the other side of the fence having a fit, I had about 120 foot distance from it, and was close enough to my house to make it safe if it charged me. I called the local police and schools since kids walk that way daily. I was told no biggie they see them all the time. That same report in Los Angeles would have made the news and there would have been posted warnings.
These mountain lions are vicious when they attack. A full grown mountain lion can leap from a squatting position over 16 feet high to perch on either an over hanging rock or onto a tree branch and clear over 40 feet in length when while running after prey while on the hunt. They’re stealthy in their approach and almost always attack from behind. In most cases you don’t even know they’re there. Very dangerous to say the least. Prayers for the family and these two boys.
This is sad and all, but there was NO need whatsoever to kill this animal for doing what animals do in their OWN habitat. This is just a revenge kill on a wild animal. So stupid
@@LunaLapin-ho5tk Maybe the news should tell the story better. The animal doesn’t deserve to die because it does what an animal/apex predator does… hunt. My question is, how far were they into the wilderness, and if far, did they put themselves in danger by doing so. Also, was it a female and were there cubs near by? It’s spring. I have so many questions.
Normal mountain lions do not attack or stalk humans. This mountain lion was no longer being a mountain lion when it attacked two humans, so it was put down.
When you go into their territory unprepared you are at fault. Not the animal. And contrary to what the happy hunter says the cats are not over populated. People are.
They have the largest habitat range of any North American mammal. They have tens of millions of acres to hunt, but they're attracted to EASY FOOD. Pets, livestock, trash, etc. We're not "invading" their habitat lol
One might say: "We certainly have too many people who think like you roaming the planet." The planet isn't overpopulated and if the WEF and George Soros types of the world have their way, it's likely we'll be underpopulated very soon. You don't think they're building fallout shelters and remote islands for the tax breaks, do you?
People aren't overpopulated, just further developed. They have the intelligence to make firearms and mountain lions don't. So anthropologically, it's all natural.
The thing of it is, people are moving and the area is building homes and areas. That's where the animals are free to roam. And if you're going to move in those kind of areas you're really should have your place. Fence stuff a note and not be even with a gun. You can do it. It's hard to stop a wild animal. It just has to be super careful. That's why I live in the city. I would never live out in a sticks.😢
Sorry for the loss. The local gentleman was correct. There never used to be problems like this with mountain lions. Since they were protected and hunting stopped, their numbers have increased to the point of overpopulation. Their natural food supply has diminished. That, coupled with drought, diminished habitat and climate change have pressured them to search for food and water in areas we would never see them under normal circumstances. They've been spotted roaming the streets of San Francisco, (fun!), and once, an elderly lady living in a genteel area of Palo Alto thought she saw a golden retreiver in her backyard tree. She lived only about a block from an elementary school. People who live in town have limited knowledge and no experience with wildlife like this. These beautiful, elusive wild animals are just that, wild. They aren't thinking about whether or not they should be politically correct enough to eat your pet poodle. They're just hungry. The policy needs an update. Either do TNR on at least some of them or allow a limited hunt.
@@catspaw3815 There are massive areas in California that are mountain lion habitat. Making them "no go zones" in a state with 40,000,000 people is insane.
@@tunanorth okay. how about 'hike at your own risk. the state will not euthanize a non-rabid animal that follows its instinct' also, 40 million people is insane
Here in Utah we have mountain lions too. They wander into neighborhood front yards sometimes. Of course, most Utahns are not foolish enough to go without a firearm into the wilderness.
Come on folks. Yes it’s nature and yes it’s their home but it’s an animal! How about some compassion for the young man who lost his life and his family!
@@gcflower99i thought about it and your probably right , ive never been a gun kinda guy but in this situation , and my life depends on it , so yeah , thanks for the advice !
@@xenn4985 They did not use the word "over". He said clearly "The last fatal mountain lion attack was 20 years ago. Also in Eldorado county,. in 1994".
Condolences to the brothers and their families . May I say we our taking more and more habitats from these beautiful creatures where else can they go .
Figures that would kill the mountain lion. I guess they figure a life for a life. It's not right and those kids shouldn't have been in the woods especially knowing that there is cougars in the area. but people insist on building their homes in animals habitats.
You do know that a cougar can have a range of over 150 square miles? By your logic, most people in the west shouldn't go outdoors because they would be in the territory of a mountain lion.
Oh, so nobody should go out camping or enjoying nature> Maybe you can stay in the city but people have the right to go out and enjoy wild places. You're not thinking.
@@d.h.hodges546I care more about animals than many people, but I'm not on the side of an animal who kills someone who is simply out enjoying nature. In 1994 the jogger accidentally surprised a mountain lion mother with cubs, but in yesterday's attack it's unknown what provoked the mountain lion into attacking. For that matter, deer are innocent and mountain lions kill them. Are you on the side of the deer, the mountain lion, or neither?
Sad for all involved, but these attacks are quirte rare. Dogs kill 30-50 humans a year. I live about 18 miles from this attack site and have only spotted 2 lions in over 30 years in my area. Funny to me how people are so freaked out by something like this when hundreds of people a day are killed by guns. The human predator is our greatest threat, not the one off Mtn. Lion attack.
Why the cat ??? They were in its territory , this is just wrong. Its not like the cat was roaming a neighborhood. You hunt , you could become the hunted....
What most people don't realize is that mountain lions are nocturnal. So when you see one during the day they are looking for new territory, and are extremely dangerous. Otherwise they're out at night and don't bother people.
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Euthanized? You mean shot and killed. The officers discharged their weapons? You mean shot and killed it. My goodness you'd think we all wear safety helmets to bed.
Really... politically correct verbiage. Such woos
Euthanized means to put an animal down by any means. This can be a “sleepy time shot” vets give pets or the use of a firearm. My goodness you’d think we all haven’t picked up a dictionary.
Give them time, with a camera to verify.
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@@endergeneral503 Can you look up euphemism? How about condescension?
I was making that exact same comment when I noticed yours.
Why are we holding a mountain lion to standards we don't even hold humans to?
Wow smh. Keep that same energy if a mountain lion ever attacks you or your loved ones insensitive human! Your statement is so generalized like the people attacked deserved it or something. I love animals and wildlife but I'm not living in a fairy tale. The reality is wild animals do not care about all that you or other people think because newsflash humans and animals are different. Maybe you meant something else like why don't murderers or criminals or savage humans should be done as the mountain lion. But make it clear because I'm tired of people making it seem animals are better and more important than humans yet they would not love if a animal harmed or killed someone you cared about and that's why comments like yours all over TH-cam and social media are insensitive bs because you don't know the people harmed you make it about the animals. But if it was the other way around then it would matter. 🤷
We're not holding the mountain lion to any standards other than being an apex predator...
Its standard procedure to protect the rest or they will all be suspect.
also it was the historical standard which had an eugenic effect, something certain demographics could benefit from now.
@@UceScooter oh no a huge loss of human life, we only have 8+ billion people on the planet while killing countless other animals fish insects but oh the tragedy of losing a human life
I would fight with my last breath to save any of my family members from a mountain lion. Poor guy man it sucks.
Never walk in the forest without protection. Bear spray is a must.
Good luck with that idea, Einstein, as you won't even see a mountain lion coming at you. They ambush what they attack.
@@DoubleDogDare54in this case, if the brother did carry a spray, the attack wouldn’t have been fatal
I believe if people stop building neighborhoods in their habitat . So because of uninvited humanity this beautiful animal was killed . Over populated ?
Bear spray rarely works. Look up the studies. If it’s cold or windy you’re sol
@@santosmadrigal3702 They were in the deep woods. Liberal fairytale land would be such a lovely place. No houses for humans and wild animals overrunning the world. Sounds awesome 😂. Liberals are truly out of touch with reality and it's embarrassing.
This is why you carry a firearm in the woods.
California doesn’t allow this
@@Webbwagon2That sounds like your problem…
Well , one of the reasons .
The video said the brothers were out hunting. I doubt they were armed with sling shots. Maybe a bow?
Shed hunting....as in looking for deer antler sheds. @@commonsenseoldman1959
"They discharged their firearms" instead of "they shot at the Mountain lion" is an indication of how screwed up our law enforcement is. Was he going to hurt some one's feelings?
That's pretty INSANE! Dude! He just killed'a guy!!!! He's DONE!
Like yours, only different.
Common speak for police.
It's commiefornia... what do you expect... you have rainbow sidewalks...
California is a different country is not America anymore.
If the mountain lion lived in New York they would have let him go without a bond
😅
And given it an apartment, food stipend and cash aid.
I bet all of you on this thread don’t live in New York and therefore just blindly believing the alt right propaganda like the little 🐑cult members you are.
I bet none of you 3 even live in NY. You just think you know everything about it because of alt right propaganda you follow.
I bet none of you 3 live in NY, therefore are just blindly believing the alt right propaganda.
My mom lived in woods and I was working on a boat at night on my back. My dog charged the lion and saved my life!
What does "your mom lived in the woods" have to do with you were on your back working on a boat? What? I hope your dog is okay.
fever dream
@@diapricea4888gee calm down the person was just telling everyone how dangerous a mountain can be you didn't have to even comment about his comment!
@@diapricea4888the person was just saying how dark a mountain 🦁 can be you didn't have to shame the person
@@pennyusa8514I’m with Penny. That’s really B.S.
I was born in West Virginia in the mountains and had to go out after dark to get water at the well I had a German Shepherd and I heard a noise and turned a the mountain lion was 30 feet from me my dog broke out of the wood shed and ran him off I never went out with out my gun in hand sorry to hear this it's a horrible thing to happen it had to be like a horror movie it's sad may he rest in peace prays god bless and comfort the family
May He Rest In Paradise
No
The mountain lion that is!
@@michellede2653ahhhhhh, the springtime smell of hilarious!!!
@@michellede2653 Yes ❤️ I feel for both, but mostly the mountain lion.
There is no afterlife you superstitious nitwitts.
Grow up, stop believing fairy tales.
Look at factual, measurable, observable evidence.
My thoughts and prayers to the family. I was shed hunting yesterday also with my 3 year old son, my wife is mortified. I live 30 miles south I’ve hunted my whole life the last 10 years have seen more Big Cats then i can count I know I’ve seen on game/ring cameras and in person over 20 mountain lions in the last 12 months or so. The most recent estimate is 4500 cats some estimates are as high as 6500 hundred but the state recently came out denying it.
What is a known fact is we had 2 million deer in this state in 1968 around 1972 the state put a temporary ban on mountain lion hunting in 1990 they made it permanent as a result we have way more cats than ever before and our deer population is down to 450k deer maybe less. This state is going against the North American model for conservation and hunting. both the deer and cougars should be treated as a renewable resource having tags going back into their species conservation.
To those of you who say they don’t run in packs there has been multiple videos coming out of the Jackson area of mountain lions in a pack of 5.
Also I love mountain lions and want them on our beautiful landscape I just wish for them to be managed.
A mother and her yearling. She is teaching them to hunt!! So it's not packs but mom teaching her kids how to live.
Uh...would you like to address the packs of coyote on this continent; doing far more damage to wildlife.
Mountain lions don’t need managing. Their population is fine. They are more beneficial for the ecosystem than we’ll ever be.
By the way, we humans have no room to talk about the population of mountain lions when we, ourselves, have an overpopulation problem.
And for the hunter they interviewed, mountain lions don't live in PACKS , LOL
Ok, prides?
Solitary hunters but social in their families. Young males given the boot around 2.
He if referring to family units that are so comfortable they continue to hunt together well beyond normal weaning. And that is a sure sign that the cats have no pressure from predators, man or animal.
Lol. Mtn lions are solitary
They’ve been seen in packs over in Nevada county also!
It’s like the brothers should’ve had access to proper guns without having weird laws that made it a hassle to have a gun to defend yourself. Why would you be in the wood without a good gun??
They should not have been encroaching on the animals territory
Obviously they were citizens. Only citizens have strict laws to abide to...
@@rodolfo5651 Well, when your Toy Puddle gets snatched from your backyard, remember what you said. We, Humans are the Top of the Animal Kingdom. The Lion F'ed AFO. Eh, your comment proved, Can't fix stupid. If like OP stated, Cali didnt have so many idiots in charge, the bros would have been able to protect themselves.
There are no laws anywhere prohibiting people that age from carrying a shotgun in the woods...none.
@@fretsward2225There no laws anywhere prohibiting citizens from carrying a shotgun, none.
NYT article from May 2, 1994:
"a 2 or 3-year-old female mountain lion, suspected of killing a jogger was shot to death today.
The jogger, Barbara Schoener, 40, was mauled on April 23 as she ran along a path in the Auburn State Recreation Area in the Sierra foothills 40 miles northeast of Sacramento. Her body was found the next day buried, as cougars often do with their prey, under leaves and branches.
Mrs. Schoener was the first person this century killed directly by a mountain lion in California. In 1909, a mother and child survived a mauling by a cougar but later died of rabies.
Interesting to compare this to today’s article to see how the use of language has changed.
I do not think you see mountain lions in packs. As mentioned earlier. Drama queen.
I have seen 4 at once probably a family.
Not true. I lived in the Colorado mountains for 3 years. I never had the pleasure, but a neighbor who lived a 1/4 mile away saw 13 together at one time. 40 years later, I'm amazed that our dogs ever made it home every day.
Mom and cubs but they would be cubs
Such a relatively small animal but so much power.
I was living in CA in 94 when the woman jogger was attack and killed. The lion was shot, but what was weird, was that the go-fund-me to take care of the lion cubs was 10X larger than than the go-fund-me educational fund for the victims two orphan children..
Go figure
Nice try bot... gofundme started in 2010🙄
@@palmerja15 Maybe young people don't understand fundraisers had a name before gofundme
I was stationed in California at the time and I remember the incident. Yep, more money went to the lion cubs than the children of the woman. I also remember the bunny huggers blaming the jogger when the lioness was killed when it was guarding the joggers body.
In that fatal attack (the last in Northern California until yesterday), the jogger must have inadvertently come between a mountain lion mother and her cubs. There's no clue given as to why the mountain lion attacked the young men yesterday. The usual mountain lion reaction is to move away and hide until humans have passed.
@@TylerShacklefordDurden fr, I think "gofundme" is like "kleenex" or "bandaid" at this point.
Mountain lions are solitary animals, traveling alone except during mating season or when a female is supporting young.
And?
Hunting? No firearm! Can’t going woods without firearms!
They were 'Hunting' shed antlers....in Cali. Thus no firearms
@@adamparsons1725 bad idea to walk into woods w zero firearms and this is the reason why….. so sad
Not a good idea to go into the woods without a gun…..or a package of firecrackers.
You think if a mountain lion was attacking you that you would have time to light firecrackers ?@@laurenurban3942
@@adamparsons1725 Are you saying that because they're in California, they couldn't have a gun?
So many people, so few mountain lions.
Agreed 100 percent. The human population is the problem, since it keeps expanding to a point where encroachment into wildlife territory occurs.
Sounds like the older brother was protecting the younger. Only a weapon keeps man at the top of the food chain
Not really. It's the intelligence to build a firearm that keeps mankind at the top of the food chain. And when did being at the top of the food chain become a crime?
Can't blame the lion. They went willingly into the area hunting. The lion went into the area hunting. Then the clash.
When hunting you got to stay aware and be ready for the other hunters.
For antler sheds. This means discarded antlers that are naturally shed by animals every year. SMH, don't worry, with overpopulation, the mountain lions will eventually take to the cities. Maybe then California will do something about it.
@@kirkoglesby6175there is no overpopulation of mountain lions in California. That is a myth that those who opposed the ban on hunting mountain lions created. The population of mountain lions has actually declined some in the last decade, with an estimated number between 3500-4500 state wide. And this is down from the pre mountain lion hunting band numbers. The reason there are mountain lion attacks is because more and more people are building homes in extremely rural areas that have always been the mountain lions’ territory. It isn’t that the mountain lions are coming to cities, but that the cities are going to the mountain lions. And a simple search about mountain lion population in California will confirm what I just posted.
@TheCrazyMoparDude68 well thank you for the information. I was going based on a news report stating that they were running in packs. I was like, that's really odd because normally they wouldn't.
@@TheCrazyMoparDude68 False on so many levels.
"Cant blame the lion" Easy for you to say...liberal
That guy at the end who said he use to hunt them when he was younger and said he’s see them in packs but mountain lions don’t live in packs. Unless it’s a mama with her babies
„Euthanized“? The animal was shot and KILLED. Stop mincing words and tell it like it is.
When you stop hunting this happens...
This had nothing to do with hunting, if anything the argument can be made that this happened because the hunting of mountain lions was banned in the state of California.
@@anthonyn1157 There is no need to hunt mountain lions. Leave them alone if they’re not doing anything. If you have to defend yourself, then do it. Otherwise, leave them alone and if you’re worried about running into them, then don’t go into the woods.
In the mountains, stay strapped or get clapped
When you eliminate hunting. Especially hunting with dogs. Dangerous game loses its fear of humans. We become another prey animal.not something to be avoided
Um how about people stop encroaching on their territory ESPECIALLY during cub season?
@@KIskra stay inside the city forever never experience anything because it’s “their territory” and I should eat junk food and play video games like a good drone.
@@anthonyn1157 Or just not go into areas where mountain lions live when it's breeding season. It's not rocket science.
Or we could stop building subdivisions, cutting down wild animals' natural habitat, then get mad that a wild animal did what wild animals do.
@@anthonyn1157 That’s better than encroaching in the territory of wild animals and not expecting to encounter them, but ending up surprised when you do.
Encountering mountain lions can be avoided by staying out of the woods.
Sorry for your Loss
RIP young man
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Deepest condolences and prayers for the family. RIP young gentleman.
Being armed is necessary when you are in the wilderness.
Especially the urban"wilderness"!
Or just let animals be animals in the wilderness would also be good and probably not endanger either species!
Uh- 1994 is 30 years ago, not 20 years ago
Definitely edumacated in the USA.
@@diminudivadollhaus2097"over 20 years"
@@xenn4985 They did not use the word "over". He said clearly "The last fatal mountain lion attack was 20 years ago. Also in Eldorado county,. in 1994". Are you deaf or incapable of playing that back?
@@markr.1984 I heard over, listen again.
I’m glad someone can do math, not me. I’m still just barely comprehending my break-even point trading options. It’s sad and depressing, but not too late.
They were nearly hunted to extinction in the past, it’s no wonder why
Why are you shocked. It is the mountain lion’s territory not the humans.
You people always say this and it never fails to sound absolutely f*cking stupid.
God be with the family of the young Man killed by the Cougar. He was so young, Bless you brother.
And what critters did you displace with your home?
...the stupidest sentence ever written. these cats are ghosts. if you have ever seen a deer it was in a lions hunting area and very likely watching you and the deer that is how common they actually are and in spite of this they are hardly ever seen and attacks of this kind only happen every 10 years or so usually with an older animal who is starving and willing to risk an attack on unfamiliar prey.
Humans belong on the landscape as much as animals. People who seem to think humans are some unnatural alien invader to the planet are so odd to me.
It's shocking because mountain lions don't generally attack humans.
He was shot! Not euthanized! They were in his territory unfortunately! Very sad....for everyone.
So? Are you losing sleep? I certainly hope so with such an asinine comment. Ignorance is bliss tho, bless your heart.
@@bernielindellhow are they ignorant? An innocent mountain lion was killed for no reason. It could’ve been tranquilized and removed from the area.
@@maryjane4432 thats not how it works in the real world. Grow up and stop crying
@@maryjane4432 Probably live in the city
My condolences go to the mountain lion .
So sorry to hear this sending prayers to the boys family and praying for a speedy recovery for the other boy
Those prayers will definitely help.
Yeah... Keep wishing... Instead of acting.
Superstitious nonsense...
Not right 🤬
Wild animals today are fighting for survival as their territory to live, roam and hunt keeps diminishing. Too many people,
too much development.
You are exactly right. But reading the comments section just proves how ignorant humans are.
Agree. These animals are merely surviving. We have made their spaces much smaller.
@@sheilaf1946 Glad you agree. Most people think I'm nuts for advocating for places where animals can "exist"----let alone live.
This is in a very rural area. Google what rural means.
Great point, this is even more of a reason illegal immigrants shouldn't come here we are over populated to begin with?
Mountain lions are amazing animals but they need the fear of man in them. Banning hunting is a bad idea
Ban everything.
@@caroltenge5147true, just ban mountain lions. Cant hurt you if you make them extinct.
Make an exception for the lions but ban everything else. @@xenn4985
It was a very bad idea because these animals have no fear of humans whatsoever. Here in Florida, if a cougar or bobcat sees you…..they take off running because they know we Floridians are armed and will protect ourselves if we have to. These wild animal attacks just don’t happen, unless it’s a nitwit security employee guarding a wild animal sanctuary and he goes over to the tiger enclosure to pet the big cat and make friends…..only to have his armed gnawed off and the tiger shot by the police. Those are the kind of wild animal attacks we have here in Florida. Just the Darwin Award winners who believe they can make friends with a 600lb. Killing machine……and attack can be viewed right here on TH-cam. The guy is screaming his head off as the tiger is chewing his arm off. Those are the kind of problems we have here in Florida.
Shocking, a logical comment in the midst of idiocy. Thank you. CA is a joke.
Lots of dumb logic in here. So let’s say you’re out for a walk in the concrete jungle which is inhabited mostly by humans, and you run across a crackhead with a baby…it chases you down and kills your sister…it’s OK because you crossed its path on the sidewalk in its natural habitat? No harm should come to the crackhead? Am I correct?
"It should be relocated away from humans", correct...maybe Madagascar.
The 405 is dangerous. Can we use the same logic for that?
Mountain lions are natural predators. The human is not.
Why are we killing animals in their natural habitat? we are in their territory and need to respect that, they could have sedated it and relocated somewhere with less population. Im sorry for the kids. that's terrible. I hope for a full recovery of the one and peace for the other and his family.
But you said it's 'their territory' so why would you relocate it from its own territory?
@@workjeff1951Uh, because putting in a similar territory is better than killing it???
@@susanlee8609 There are no similar territories in CA that do not already support a mountain lion.
@@tunanorth Well, find one that does. There is no need to kill him like he’s nothing.
@@osamanazzal4302 They didn't kill it like it was nothing, they killed it because it killed [and ATE] one human, and nearly killed another. As for "finding one that does", northern Canada might work, but they already have plenty too.
So sorry for this. Aside from the tragedy to those involved mountain lions are (or in this case, were) so incredibly rare. It did not understand the world the way we do.
Not *that* rare...and becoming increasingly *not* rare. 5 women on a bike ride were attacked by a mountain lion last week, I think in Colorado.
@@mikemelina7395 I'm sure it was shot too, so that one is also gone.
What were they doing? It seems an odd story that an animal that already well knows it can be hunted would attack 5 women on bikes
@@mikemelina7395 looks like there's about 30,000 mountain lions in total in the U.S.
So as there's currently 331 million people..... that means there are eleven thousand Americans (11,000) for every 1 American mountain lion.
That is significantly rarer, that's for sure!
I think given those odds we could easily take them out even without the guns, which we certainly have on our side, heh.
@@mikemelina7395 Maybe stay out of the woods and it won’t happen so frequently.
This is so sad. Those poor boys.
The tragedy is also for the lion being crowded out of his home.
You should go live with the mountain lions and make human mountain lion hybrids
Nonsense.
You say that when Californians are being crowded out of our homes and country?
Humans are the problem. As always.
That must had been traumatizing for the younger brother, seeing his big brother being attacked, and killed. I hope you can heal after this horriable incedent, and remember the good time you shared with your brother. My deepest condolences to you and your family.
I'm pretty surprised at how some people in the comment section are treating this. I mean, it did kill someone. Why are people acting like the death of the mountain lion is an equal tragedy?
Weird tree hugging bs. Their mind is like their backbone, weak.
What, it isn’t fair they got hunted while they were hunting??
I mean, it's tragic that someone died, but it's a mountain lion, not a serial killer. It's just doing what mountain lions do. What's the point of killing it?
Because animals cannot comprehend boundaries of civility. Mountain lion is gonna mountain lion. Like why does this make it ok to go out, hunt down, and execute animals for crimes that they fundamentally cannot understand?
Weren't they hunting? Cougars are so rare and need more protection, unlike us.
What is wrong with all these stupid campers when they know in spring that all animals are out looking for food to feed their new cubs.
Stay out of the woods in spring, it's the most dangerous time.
Because 99.999% of the time= no problems. Like trying to hide from an earthquake, if it is going to happen...it happens. Don't worry about it. I go in the woods all the time, wild animals run when they see humans- they know who the king of the woods is. This one was probably sick or something to cause this behavior.
Exactly. New cubs, New kits, all the babies are being born and mom is looking for food. Stay away from the woods, in the spring, unless you are carrying a weapon. The moms won't hesitate to kill if someone gets close to their litter.
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So you think staying in the city is safer? Maybe on the roads? I mean, more people die in their own homes than die in the woods. You may want to think about that.
People assume animals won’t bother them which is a naive way to think.
The comment "hikers need security", that amazes me. To be so unaware that you are not in your natural enviroment and that you are the threat to the wild life. Sad that someone lost their life.
I think you need to explain how two unarmed people out looking for shed antlers constitute a "threat" to apex predators? You come off as misinformed and condescending. A mountain lion stalked and preyed upon two brother out looking for antlers, that's what happened, it didn't feel "threatened", it dragged the poor guy off, why do you think it did that?
Hungry? Protecting its young? Defending its territory? Do you actually believe that a wild top predator can tell the difference between a benign "hiker" and a threat to its life or even a food source? If you can't I suggest you stay out of the areas where these animals might be. I get the impression you believe the animal committed an "evil' act.@@mikemelina7395
There over populated plan and simple , just like the shark populations up and down the coast .
@@mikemelina7395 Maybe he was hungry or maybe he felt uncomfortable about the two brothers in his territory and was not sure that they were a threat. It’s not his fault. How was he supposed to know that they were harmless?
When people go into the woods where mountain lions and bears live, they need to understand that they're the invaders. The authorities murdered the mountain lion because it attacked two brothers even if they were not hunting like others do, it is a shame about the death of one of them and the mountain lion too. Maybe the lion thought that they were a threat, I don't know. Mountain lions and other wildlife are very territorial of course.
Invaders? According to whom? And who did the mountain lions steal it from?
Poor mountain lion 🦁 😢
This is the most California comment section I’ve ever seen…you people are genuinely smoked tf out. 🤦🏽♂️
No. No it's not. I'm Californian and i do not approve of their comment lol😂
I was thinking the same exact thing. It's like each new comment tries to out-stupid the previous one. Please stay in California people!
@ashwilliams93 and please stay out of California.
@@Kingdompurpose73
Back in the 70's there was the perfect bumper stickers that read "Welcome to California, spend your money and go home"
I call it commiefornia for a reason.
Don't understand? Click on the avatar. This evil platform bans links now.
I couldn't watch it, the news lady sounds like she is 6 years old that is soooooooo irritating and immature/unprofessional
And soooo many are doing that these days... they think it's cute...yuk
I will never understand why anyone would willingly go into the wilderness without a firearm, and I don't care what the laws state, it's simply common sense, especially if you live in an area where top predators are known to live.
The problem is that too many people are putting their McMansions in areas animals need to hunt...people are the problem.
The animals have unlimited area to hunt, but they're attracted to human areas because humans have pets, livestock, trash, etc. that attracts predators. People or no people, it all boils down to COMPLACENCY.
Kind of like how there wouldn't be so many houses burn down in forest fires, if they weren't built in the middle of a forest. You have to take precautions; like clearing out the brush and dead vegetation, so the fires can't propagate as fast. Similarly, you should pack a weapon when you go into the woods, because animals will always look for the easy meal.
You haven't been to Georgetown lol.
I won't go to the post office without a firearm, let alone the wilderness. That's just crazy. Condolences to the family. Rough, rough way to go...
Paranoid much?
@@F12247They don't call it going postal for nothing! 😅
@@F12247never know when you might get into some dumb antifa riot... ;)
You have to love when people choose to go in the wild, then get upset when attack by the wild. 🤷♀️
If California wasn't so anti gun, people could actually protect themselves.
I'm not sure if they teach you this in American school but humans actually are from the "wild" and interacted and killed animals for oh,....millions of years. As a matter of fact, there are still humans right now as we speak who still live in the wild, interact with animals, and kill them for protection and sustenance. True story!
@@LunaLapin-ho5tk people have guns in California, there are guns in every state.
They should have had some kind of protection, but maybe they were inexperienced.
It's sad all around.
anymore everything is in the wild
@@LunaLapin-ho5tkhuh anti gun California?? I guess shootings and crimes are way too common in California now . Unfortunately!
2:02. This guy is full of shyt. It's almost impossible to see a lion in real life. I have 9 trail cameras, and seen one live 3 times in 73 years. They don't want anything to do with humans. Come close to a den or cubbies, there will be trouble.
I use to gold dredge on the South Fork of the Yuba River outside of Grass Valley. I came across a couple, once on a trail and another on a river bar where I was camping. I just kept my eyes on them and backed away. Nothing happened.
I live in rural plumas. One lion walks the trail past my house weekly. When in the woods i see a couple every year
Exactly, I suspect these two were out HUNTING mountain lion or provoking this poor creature.
Now they could have possibly left cubs without their mother. We ran into a mountain lion out hiking and we never turned our backs and walked backwards away from the direction we were headed and it left us alone.
You are a lucky guy. I have seen them at lease 4 times in the last 20 years. One was sniffing my fence on the outside of my back yard, at first I thought it was a Great Dane, then seen the tail and thought that's not the tail of a dog, then I seen the big cat face looking at me. My dogs German Shepherds was on the other side of the fence having a fit, I had about 120 foot distance from it, and was close enough to my house to make it safe if it charged me. I called the local police and schools since kids walk that way daily. I was told no biggie they see them all the time. That same report in Los Angeles would have made the news and there would have been posted warnings.
Absolutely sad condolences to the family and brother.
And the mountain lion
@@artsparks_take a hike, PETA. Literally, in the same area as this incident.
@@csaa1980 haha okay. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Why don’t you go take a walk, I’m sure you’ll never be missed.
My goodness that's one of my true nightmares.
Sad all the way around
So we walked into the mountain lions house and now we’re confused why he tried to kill us in his territory lol
Agreed 100 percent. Humans are stupid.
These mountain lions are vicious when they attack. A full grown mountain lion can leap from a squatting position over 16 feet high to perch on either an over hanging rock or onto a tree branch and clear over 40 feet in length when while running after prey while on the hunt. They’re stealthy in their approach and almost always attack from behind. In most cases you don’t even know they’re there. Very dangerous to say the least. Prayers for the family and these two boys.
Good description of their capabilities.
This is sad and all, but there was NO need whatsoever to kill this animal for doing what animals do in their OWN habitat. This is just a revenge kill on a wild animal. So stupid
They didn’t “catch” it, they killed it…and from the photo, not mercifully.
They had to kill it. It attacked a human being. When you grow up, you will understand.
I'm 78 yrs old all grown up and I don't understand !! 😝
@@LunaLapin-ho5tk Maybe the news should tell the story better. The animal doesn’t deserve to die because it does what an animal/apex predator does… hunt. My question is, how far were they into the wilderness, and if far, did they put themselves in danger by doing so. Also, was it a female and were there cubs near by? It’s spring. I have so many questions.
No one should ever be allowed to harm an Animal. Whatever the Animal does is not its fault.
Misinformation from the media as always.
Sadly, it’s a lot safer hiking in the woods than to take a leisurable stroll in any California city.
True, at least you can legally carry a gun in the woods to even the odds!
30 YEARS AGO- COME ON-FIX THAT
20 years ago since Orange County fatal attack in 2004, and 30 years ago since fatal attack by Auburn in 1994.
Correction: "Mountain Lion euthanized for being a Mountain Lion."
Normal mountain lions do not attack or stalk humans. This mountain lion was no longer being a mountain lion when it attacked two humans, so it was put down.
@@xGSFxGoat Sure.
@@ivorykeys5875 If you don't believe me, then maybe pick up a book for once in your life and find out for yourself.
They killed a animal for being a animal but the hunters get their condolences sorry i feel bad for the mountain lions
They weren't hunters, anymore than kids hunting for Easter eggs are hunters. They had no weapons.
Don’t go in their territory. It belongs to the animals, not you.
When you go into their territory unprepared you are at fault. Not the animal. And contrary to what the happy hunter says the cats are not over populated. People are.
You really don't understand how big cat populations work, do you?
They have the largest habitat range of any North American mammal. They have tens of millions of acres to hunt, but they're attracted to EASY FOOD. Pets, livestock, trash, etc. We're not "invading" their habitat lol
One might say: "We certainly have too many people who think like you roaming the planet." The planet isn't overpopulated and if the WEF and George Soros types of the world have their way, it's likely we'll be underpopulated very soon. You don't think they're building fallout shelters and remote islands for the tax breaks, do you?
People aren't overpopulated, just further developed. They have the intelligence to make firearms and mountain lions don't. So anthropologically, it's all natural.
THAT POOR MOUNTAIN LION! SHAME ON THOSE THAT MURDERED HER!!!!
Always be ready.
Sad and horrifying 😡
The hunter became the hunted
Person who doesn't know what he's talking about speaks up.
And hunting should be banned.
@@The_Crow78.they weren’t hunting smh , they were looking for deer antlers
@@The_Crow78.Your cluelessness is comical.
They are shed hunting goober
The thing of it is, people are moving and the area is building homes and areas. That's where the animals are free to roam. And if you're going to move in those kind of areas you're really should have your place. Fence stuff a note and not be even with a gun. You can do it. It's hard to stop a wild animal. It just has to be super careful. That's why I live in the city. I would never live out in a sticks.😢
Sorry for the loss. The local gentleman was correct. There never used to be problems like this with mountain lions. Since they were protected and hunting stopped, their numbers have increased to the point of overpopulation. Their natural food supply has diminished. That, coupled with drought, diminished habitat and climate change have pressured them to search for food and water in areas we would never see them under normal circumstances. They've been spotted roaming the streets of San Francisco, (fun!), and once, an elderly lady living in a genteel area of Palo Alto thought she saw a golden retreiver in her backyard tree. She lived only about a block from an elementary school. People who live in town have limited knowledge and no experience with wildlife like this. These beautiful, elusive wild animals are just that, wild. They aren't thinking about whether or not they should be politically correct enough to eat your pet poodle. They're just hungry.
The policy needs an update. Either do TNR on at least some of them or allow a limited hunt.
Maybe, man should stop taking all their habitat, leaving them little area to hunt?
How about banning hiking in known cougar areas. Stop whittling away at the animal's genetic diversity
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@@honeybadger4883 honey badger don't care!
@@catspaw3815 There are massive areas in California that are mountain lion habitat. Making them "no go zones" in a state with 40,000,000 people is insane.
@@tunanorth okay. how about 'hike at your own risk. the state will not euthanize a non-rabid animal that follows its instinct'
also, 40 million people is insane
Here in Utah we have mountain lions too. They wander into neighborhood front yards sometimes. Of course, most Utahns are not foolish enough to go without a firearm into the wilderness.
Horrific and tragic.
We have these lions in Colorado too. Scarey stuff.😢
You want to scary, go into the inner city.
You should be good if you stay out of its way.
Come on folks. Yes it’s nature and yes it’s their home but it’s an animal! How about some compassion for the young man who lost his life and his family!
Exactly… these people love the animal more than the human life, until it was their own son or daughter.
In the woods hunting knowing mountain lions are their no gun for protection equal stupidity
Sad that they killed the lion, you were in their home
so heres my question , as a hiker , what can i do to protect my self and my loved ones when i go hiking , baseball bat pepper spray , taser gun ?
@jet07son: Can you say firearm?!! Get one, get trained on how to use it and protect yourself.
@@gcflower99i thought about it and your probably right , ive never been a gun kinda guy but in this situation , and my life depends on it , so yeah , thanks for the advice !
Stay out of their territory and you're not going to need to defend yourself, stoopid 😂
@@gcflower99 Can you say " not everyone is comfortable with a firearm" !
Bear spray best bet if you can deploy it in time
Poor ML just doin his thang
The reporter not a math wiz! How bout 30 years, not 20 from 1994 to 2024.
Perhaps it's new math?
@@LunaLapin-ho5tk"over 20 years"
@@xenn4985 They did not use the word "over". He said clearly "The last fatal mountain lion attack was 20 years ago. Also in Eldorado county,. in 1994".
@@Max_R_MaMintI heard over, listen again
not the reporters fault they just read what someone else writes for them to say and don't comprehend much of it .
Meanwhile, Colorado is currently attempting to ban all mountain lion/ cat hunting!
Poor mountain lion 😢
Condolences to the brothers and their families . May I say we our taking more and more habitats from these beautiful creatures where else can they go .
They killed that mountain lion???
HOW ABOUT YOU STAY OUT OF THERE EFFING TERRITORY!!!! Leave them alone!
Figures that would kill the mountain lion. I guess they figure a life for a life. It's not right and those kids shouldn't have been in the woods especially knowing that there is cougars in the area. but people insist on building their homes in animals habitats.
You do know that a cougar can have a range of over 150 square miles? By your logic, most people in the west shouldn't go outdoors because they would be in the territory of a mountain lion.
Oh, so nobody should go out camping or enjoying nature> Maybe you can stay in the city but people have the right to go out and enjoy wild places. You're not thinking.
I guess words didn’t work?
There must be something wrong with me , im always on the side of the animals .
There's nothing wrong with you. The animals are innocent. That mountain lion was probably a mama with cubs nearby.
Thank you Hodges , I feel better now .
@@d.h.hodges546I care more about animals than many people, but I'm not on the side of an animal who kills someone who is simply out enjoying nature. In 1994 the jogger accidentally surprised a mountain lion mother with cubs, but in yesterday's attack it's unknown what provoked the mountain lion into attacking.
For that matter, deer are innocent and mountain lions kill them. Are you on the side of the deer, the mountain lion, or neither?
Careful. If you're that close you're going to get bit.
At least you know it.
Sad for all involved, but these attacks are quirte rare. Dogs kill 30-50 humans a year. I live about 18 miles from this attack site and have only spotted 2 lions in over 30 years in my area. Funny to me how people are so freaked out by something like this when hundreds of people a day are killed by guns. The human predator is our greatest threat, not the one off Mtn. Lion attack.
maybe people should stay out of the area and let the wild animals exist peacefully in their surroundings.
The lion was in his territory, am I right?
Mountain lions roam, so not really
Why the cat ??? They were in its territory , this is just wrong. Its not like the cat was roaming a neighborhood. You hunt , you could become the hunted....
They were not hunting with weapons, they were walking the forest looking for shed deer antlers….
Security? While hiking....go in the woods you carry a gun anywhere.
CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY. ❤❤❤
What most people don't realize is that mountain lions are nocturnal. So when you see one during the day they are looking for new territory, and are extremely dangerous. Otherwise they're out at night and don't bother people.
This false sense of security is the reason why people feel overly safe.
What Mountain Lion was this?
Governor Newsom will now ban protecting yourself from Mountain Lions.
Newsom will do that? Maybe he will ban humans from going into deep wilderness areas where they don't know the dangers.
Unless your gun runs on batteries.
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