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<blockquote data-quote="TexasJerseyMilker" data-source="post: 1813782" data-attributes="member: 42782"><p>More and more attacks on children. I saw news out of Portland suburbs with a lion photo perched on a fence watching school children play at recess. Mountain lions see children as prey because they are small and non threatening. I did a short google search</p><p></p><p>Three mountain lions spotted near school bus stop</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://apnews.com/article/103f0e2c14944d4d96c3653b01a9ea03[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Mountain lion wanders into classroom</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-mountain-lion-high-school-classroom[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Video cougar stalking children</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]p1oLgXJdQu4[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>According to California Fish and Game</p><p>[h1]Verified Mountain Lion-Human Attacks- 11 were children[/h1]<p> This was just in Califonia</p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><th>Date</th><th>Type</th><th>Attack Location</th><th>County</th><th>Victim Sex</th><th>Victim Age</th></tr><tr><td>March 1986</td><td>Nonfatal</td><td>Caspers Wilderness Park</td><td>Orange</td><td>Female</td><td>5 yrs.</td></tr><tr><td>Oct. 1986</td><td>Nonfatal</td><td>Caspers Wilderness Park</td><td>Orange</td><td>Male</td><td>6 yrs.</td></tr><tr><td>March 1992</td><td>Nonfatal</td><td>Gaviota State Park</td><td>Santa Barbara</td><td>Male</td><td>9 yrs.</td></tr><tr><td>Sept. 1993</td><td>Nonfatal</td><td>Cuyamaca State Park</td><td>San Diego</td><td>Female</td><td>10 yrs.</td></tr><tr><td>Apr. 1994</td><td>Fatal</td><td>Auburn State Recreation Area</td><td>El Dorado</td><td>Female</td><td>40 yrs.</td></tr><tr><td>Aug. 1994</td><td>Nonfatal</td><td>Mendocino County (remote)</td><td>Mendocino</td><td>Male</td><td>48 yrs.</td></tr><tr><td>Nonfatal</td><td>Female</td><td>48 yrs.</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dec. 1994</td><td>Fatal</td><td>Cuyamaca State Park</td><td>San Diego</td><td>Female</td><td>56 yrs.</td></tr><tr><td>Mar. 1995</td><td>Nonfatal</td><td>Mt. Lowe (San Gabriel Mtns.)</td><td>Los Angeles</td><td>Male</td><td>27 yrs.</td></tr><tr><td>Jan. 2004</td><td>Fatal</td><td>Whiting Ranch Regional Park</td><td>Orange</td><td>Male</td><td>35 yrs.</td></tr><tr><td>Jan. 2004</td><td>Nonfatal</td><td>Whiting Ranch Regional Park</td><td>Orange</td><td>Female</td><td>30 yrs.</td></tr><tr><td>June 2004</td><td>Nonfatal</td><td>Sequoia National Forest</td><td>Tulare</td><td>Female</td><td>28 yrs.</td></tr><tr><td>Jan. 2007</td><td>Nonfatal</td><td>Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park</td><td>Humboldt</td><td>Male</td><td>70 yrs.</td></tr><tr><td>Jul. 2012</td><td>Nonfatal</td><td>Confluence of Shady Creek and Yuba River</td><td>Nevada</td><td>Male</td><td>63 yrs.</td></tr><tr><td>Sept. 2014</td><td>Nonfatal</td><td>Cupertino</td><td>Santa Clara</td><td>Male</td><td>6 yrs.</td></tr><tr><td>May 2019</td><td>Nonfatal</td><td>Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve</td><td>San Diego</td><td>Male</td><td>4 yrs.</td></tr><tr><td>January 2020</td><td>Nonfatal</td><td>Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park</td><td>Orange</td><td>Male</td><td>3 yrs.</td></tr><tr><td>February 2020</td><td>Nonfatal</td><td>Rancho San Antonio County Park</td><td>Santa Clara</td><td>Female</td><td>6 yrs.</td></tr><tr><td>June 2020</td><td>Nonfatal</td><td>Blue Sky Ecological Reserve</td><td>San Diego</td><td>Male</td><td>4 yrs.</td></tr><tr><td>August 2021</td><td>Nonfatal</td><td>Calabasas (Santa Monica Mtns.)</td><td>Los Angeles</td><td>Male</td><td>5 yrs.</td></tr><tr><td>May 2022</td><td>Nonfatal</td><td>Big Bar (Trinity River)</td><td>Trinity</td><td>Female</td><td>24 yrs.</td></tr><tr><td>Sept. 2022</td><td>Nonfatal</td><td>Pico Canyon Park</td><td>Los Angeles</td><td>Male</td><td>7 yrs.</td></tr></table><p></p><p>The news article goes on to say "Mountain lion attacks on humans are rare in California;<strong> there have only been Four non fatal attacks on children over the past 16 months"</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong> </strong> Seems like if lions are scared off by gunshot (hopefully before becoming dead) they would be scared off by using Boat Horn in a Can, something that a kid could carry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasJerseyMilker, post: 1813782, member: 42782"] More and more attacks on children. I saw news out of Portland suburbs with a lion photo perched on a fence watching school children play at recess. Mountain lions see children as prey because they are small and non threatening. I did a short google search Three mountain lions spotted near school bus stop [URL unfurl="true"]https://apnews.com/article/103f0e2c14944d4d96c3653b01a9ea03[/URL] Mountain lion wanders into classroom [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-mountain-lion-high-school-classroom[/URL] Video cougar stalking children [MEDIA=youtube]p1oLgXJdQu4[/MEDIA] According to California Fish and Game [h1]Verified Mountain Lion-Human Attacks- 11 were children[/h1] This was just in Califonia [TABLE] [TR] [TH]Date[/TH] [TH]Type[/TH] [TH]Attack Location[/TH] [TH]County[/TH] [TH]Victim Sex[/TH] [TH]Victim Age[/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD]March 1986[/TD] [TD]Nonfatal[/TD] [TD]Caspers Wilderness Park[/TD] [TD]Orange[/TD] [TD]Female[/TD] [TD]5 yrs.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Oct. 1986[/TD] [TD]Nonfatal[/TD] [TD]Caspers Wilderness Park[/TD] [TD]Orange[/TD] [TD]Male[/TD] [TD]6 yrs.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]March 1992[/TD] [TD]Nonfatal[/TD] [TD]Gaviota State Park[/TD] [TD]Santa Barbara[/TD] [TD]Male[/TD] [TD]9 yrs.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Sept. 1993[/TD] [TD]Nonfatal[/TD] [TD]Cuyamaca State Park[/TD] [TD]San Diego[/TD] [TD]Female[/TD] [TD]10 yrs.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Apr. 1994[/TD] [TD]Fatal[/TD] [TD]Auburn State Recreation Area[/TD] [TD]El Dorado[/TD] [TD]Female[/TD] [TD]40 yrs.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Aug. 1994[/TD] [TD]Nonfatal[/TD] [TD]Mendocino County (remote)[/TD] [TD]Mendocino[/TD] [TD]Male[/TD] [TD]48 yrs.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Nonfatal[/TD] [TD]Female[/TD] [TD]48 yrs.[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Dec. 1994[/TD] [TD]Fatal[/TD] [TD]Cuyamaca State Park[/TD] [TD]San Diego[/TD] [TD]Female[/TD] [TD]56 yrs.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Mar. 1995[/TD] [TD]Nonfatal[/TD] [TD]Mt. Lowe (San Gabriel Mtns.)[/TD] [TD]Los Angeles[/TD] [TD]Male[/TD] [TD]27 yrs.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Jan. 2004[/TD] [TD]Fatal[/TD] [TD]Whiting Ranch Regional Park[/TD] [TD]Orange[/TD] [TD]Male[/TD] [TD]35 yrs.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Jan. 2004[/TD] [TD]Nonfatal[/TD] [TD]Whiting Ranch Regional Park[/TD] [TD]Orange[/TD] [TD]Female[/TD] [TD]30 yrs.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]June 2004[/TD] [TD]Nonfatal[/TD] [TD]Sequoia National Forest[/TD] [TD]Tulare[/TD] [TD]Female[/TD] [TD]28 yrs.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Jan. 2007[/TD] [TD]Nonfatal[/TD] [TD]Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park[/TD] [TD]Humboldt[/TD] [TD]Male[/TD] [TD]70 yrs.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Jul. 2012[/TD] [TD]Nonfatal[/TD] [TD]Confluence of Shady Creek and Yuba River[/TD] [TD]Nevada[/TD] [TD]Male[/TD] [TD]63 yrs.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Sept. 2014[/TD] [TD]Nonfatal[/TD] [TD]Cupertino[/TD] [TD]Santa Clara[/TD] [TD]Male[/TD] [TD]6 yrs.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]May 2019[/TD] [TD]Nonfatal[/TD] [TD]Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve[/TD] [TD]San Diego[/TD] [TD]Male[/TD] [TD]4 yrs.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]January 2020[/TD] [TD]Nonfatal[/TD] [TD]Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park[/TD] [TD]Orange[/TD] [TD]Male[/TD] [TD]3 yrs.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]February 2020[/TD] [TD]Nonfatal[/TD] [TD]Rancho San Antonio County Park[/TD] [TD]Santa Clara[/TD] [TD]Female[/TD] [TD]6 yrs.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]June 2020[/TD] [TD]Nonfatal[/TD] [TD]Blue Sky Ecological Reserve[/TD] [TD]San Diego[/TD] [TD]Male[/TD] [TD]4 yrs.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]August 2021[/TD] [TD]Nonfatal[/TD] [TD]Calabasas (Santa Monica Mtns.)[/TD] [TD]Los Angeles[/TD] [TD]Male[/TD] [TD]5 yrs.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]May 2022[/TD] [TD]Nonfatal[/TD] [TD]Big Bar (Trinity River)[/TD] [TD]Trinity[/TD] [TD]Female[/TD] [TD]24 yrs.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Sept. 2022[/TD] [TD]Nonfatal[/TD] [TD]Pico Canyon Park[/TD] [TD]Los Angeles[/TD] [TD]Male[/TD] [TD]7 yrs.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] The news article goes on to say "Mountain lion attacks on humans are rare in California;[B] there have only been Four non fatal attacks on children over the past 16 months" [/B] Seems like if lions are scared off by gunshot (hopefully before becoming dead) they would be scared off by using Boat Horn in a Can, something that a kid could carry. [/QUOTE]
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