Originally posted by Pit Chick
People decide to build a neighborhood in the middle of a couger's territory, then yes, people are going to be attacked
There haven't been any new communities built in the forests here for years. Even so, there is so much forest here and tons of room for the animals. Since the fire, there have been way more wild animals showing up in the city area. It's better to hunt them than to let them get hit by cars. Over here, there are no wolves. I don't know if cougars regularly hunt deer, but if they don't, the deer have no natural predators. There is a chart of the deer population in BC, and it's continually rising very dramatically, especially in high-forest areas like Kelowna.