Originally posted by wolfsoul
Over here, there are tons of deer, bear, and cougar, and the population needs to be controlled, so I agree with hunting them. The number of bear and cougar attacks on people and animals here is outrageous, as well as the number of deer that are hit on the road. We also have TONS of coyotes, but nobody really hunts them.

It may seem like there are tons, because their habitat is shrinking, leaving them with nowhere to go but into civilization where they hunt what's available. If a road is built in the middle of a deer migratory path, they're gonna cross it. People decide to build a neighborhood in the middle of a couger's territory, then yes, people are going to be attacked, but that doesn't mean the couger should die. People are the ones that need population control, not the animals. They were keeping themselves under control long before humans invaded. With so many people that hunt, I don't see how these animals could possibly be overpopulating.