The Big Cat Thread

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Three year old Julian Sylvester was attacked by a cougar in the Pacific Rim National Park on Vancouver Island 3 days ago. it bit through his skull puncturing his brain. After emergency surgery he seems to doing well. Doctors say his balance is good which is a positive sign and he is starting to talk again.
The cougar, which is a stealth predator, made no noise as it seized Julian who had wandered a short distance up a trail. A friend saw Julain in the cougars mouth and yelled to get his fathers attention. The cougar released Julian and lunged for his 4 year old sister before being frightened away by the adults.
Thank God he is recovering. Remember to be very careful when hiking or camping in the wild.
I hope this beast is found and killed soon before it attacks someone else.
 
He is a lucky little boy. People need to remember that they are putting themselves in the food chain when they go too far out in the woods & they may not always be at the top.

Hopefully, he will have a full recovery & can forget the whole ordeal. The parents will never let him get that far out of their sight again.
 
If I understand it correctly he was only about 10-15 feet ahead on a well trodden and well used pathway in a park - the cougar was "off territory" so to speak
 
excuse me, but people who believe animals should be killed because they behave like animals!

animals don't know any better, they have their own codes (animals do have them) and how to we expect to punish them with their lives because they don't understand our world? They don't know its not ok to catch a toddler.

Glad the child is ok.
 
Surfers in Australia are frequently attack by sharks and then the authorities hunt them down and kill them, my question is how do they know if they have killed the same shark and also you are in the sharks environment if you are not there you will not be attacked.
 
It has to be killed because its a danger to every human it encounters now. noone will be safe in the park with it around. You do know that if a bear is dry charging it has to be hunted down and killed before it attacks for real. Thats how it is.
 
It's a cougar, not a bear, shouldn't really be a danger to an adult human. Captured and resettled closer to it's natural range might be a more sensible solution.
 
Or, you know, people could actually look after their kids and pay attention? I get this was a well used path but I'm assuming the cougar isn't miles away from normal habitats? If you know you live in a country/ area that could be, or is anywhere near, land inhabited by dangerous animal you should really be paying attention. Yes I'm simplifying it a lot but I don't understand how the cougar is in the wrong at all apart from the fact it attacked a kid which normally causes rationality and logic to be thrown out the window anyway.


There was something on tv ages ago about the number of sharks we kill each year for pretty much no reason compared to the number of shark attacks and it was really bad. Reminds me of when Steve Irwin was killed and those stingrays were found killed on beaches.
 
That kid should NOT have been alone on that trail. My son is older than him and i won't let him out of my sight.
 
My mum's sister lives in Vancouver and won't even let her dogs run off in some of the bigger parks because of the wildlife issues!
 
I agree! At the moment she has 2 West Highland terriers, that being said she felt the same when she had a part German Shepherd, part Wolf!
 
Rubbish. You're making it a much bigger issue than it is and you're jumping in with unfounded and sweeping generalizations.

It's not how it is. You're rather hysterical.
 
Gee... what do you think the key issue is here? The parents behavior or the natural instincts of a cougar?

My money is on irresponsible parents.
 
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