So the opinion is that if we are in the woods and get attacked by a cougar, nothing should be done? We are in its territory, so the cougar has the right to pounce. Hmmm...

Same thing goes when the cougar snatches a kid from his backyard, right? There shouldn't have been a house there anyway...we encroached on the cougar's turf.... We should look at this just like when we lose a salmon to a sea lion....

I myself think it is kind of important that cougars fear humans and if that means destroying aggresive cougars, so be it.

Thankfully, common sense prevails. Under WDFW policy, cougars that attack humans are tracked and killed.