I think it is so great to see some of the great predators (somehow) returning to their original habitats without human intervention through relocation and breeding programs. This guy (or girl) managed to infiltrate a huge chunk of private private property without being seen. By anyone. This huge cat had to cross highways and interstates and ginormous chunks of open land to arrive where he (she) is living now.
The conservation officer, who was called to the scene, was reluctant to label this animal as "mountain loin" because he feared local residents would use their rights to seek out and destroy the animal if if wandered onto their property.
There still exists, in parts of our country, the innate desire to kill any predatory animal that weighs over sixty pounds to keep the human population safe. In reality, where I often visit, I've found that unless you have a toddler that enjoys long nocturnal walks without the company of his parents, a chicken coup with shoddy fencing, or a pack of ankle-biter dogs that will attack anything 40 times its size and are allowed to run unsupervised at night, then you should be okay.
These cats are beautiful and perfect in design to control the pests that plague your garden or fields. While I am most defiantly not suggesting that you buy a mountain loin from a breeder to let it loose on your property for rodent control, I am also asking anyone who sees one of these glorious cats: to please let it be.
They were here first.
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