01-26-2007, 04:27 PM
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#12 (permalink)
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On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:31:53 -0800, cc <cc@nospam.edu> wrote:
>GeeDubb wrote:
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>> "MattB" <somedudeus@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:51umv5F1m7fmkU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> Wow. Scary!
>>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16817149/
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>>> Glad he got away alive.
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>>> Matt
>> "After the attack, game wardens closed the park about 320 miles north of
>> San Francisco and released hounds to track the lion. They later shot and
>> killed a pair of lions found near the trail where the attack happened.
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>> The carcasses were flown to a state forensics lab to determine if either
>> animal mauled the man"
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>That is absolutely ridiculous.
>They should be prosecuted.
>It's obviously revenge, given
>the odds of actually finding
>the same lion. Last time I
>checked, mountain lions were
>predators in "nature". . .
>which a park should represent
>. . . sheesh.
I agree. They should be presumed innocent till proven guilty. The park
should be closed permanently.
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I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
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