Habitat for Cougars
* Imagine the reaction if Africans decided to exterminate lions, leopards and cheetahs so that they could jog, bike and carelessly frolic in the Serengeti and the Kalahari.
Yet ever-increasing hordes of me-first Californians, who insist on jogging, biking and carelessly frolicking in our rapidly dwindling wilderness, think it’s their prerogative to demand the “management” (i.e., elimination) of a magnificent species of great cat that’s reigned in the California wilderness for about 100,000 years.
How would you feel about that if you had created the cougar?
ROSES PRICHARD
Los Angeles
Sign up for The Wild
We’ll help you find the best places to hike, bike and run, as well as the perfect silent spots for meditation and yoga.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
