Originally Posted By: willametteriveroutlaw
"Many scientists feel that cattle grazing on public land have caused other species to become ESA listed"

Okay, which ones?


And how can you possibly think that cougar predation is not an issue with mule deer populations? Here is a link for you. There are plenty more that can be found with a little research.

http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/Popular/mtnlions.html



That was a very interesting study, to bad there's no real data to look at, but I have found some studies showing isolated populations where cougar predation was considered a factor, however mule deer populate the entire west, and they are all declining, even where cougars are not a factor.