[AZ-Observing] Re: Cherry Rd -Friday Night

 
 
In the last 110+ years, there have been four documented cases of mountain  
lion attacks on humans in Arizona. (_http://cougarinfo.com/attacks.htm_ 
(http://cougarinfo.com/attacks.htm)  )  Three were in the Tonto National Forest 
and 
one was in the Yuma area.  During the 21-year period from 1985 to 2005, there 
were more than 400  "unintentional injury deaths by firearms" in Arizona. 
(_http://www.azdhs.gov/plan/report/im/firearms.htm_ 
(http://www.azdhs.gov/plan/report/im/firearms.htm)  )  Given the available 
statistics, it seems to me that a 
firearm brought to a star  party is much more likely to be involved in the 
accidental injury or death of an  amateur astronomer than it is to be used to 
protect its owner from an animal  attack or criminal human assault.
 
Bill in Flagstaff
 
In a message dated 4/14/2007 4:00:35 PM US Mountain Standard  Time, 
margewms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
My  mountain neighbors and local cowboys don't like to report anything to th=
e  government let alone, attacks, near attacks, or sitings. They just  shoot.=
And a killed lion is the last thing they would report to a  government enti=
ty. I look out of my windows and often see people on mules  and with differe=
nt colors of hound dogs seeking out the lions on my  ridge. A few months ago=
a bear was trying to get into the Crown King  Saloon and was killed on the =
porch. The lions on people's cabin porches  is becoming frequent talk. Sit o=
ut at night and listen to lion mating  calls...sounds like someone dying. Ye=
s, the heart attack will get me. I  am overweight since I left behind my bel=
oved cigarettes a decade ago. But  don't put me in with an urbanite and say =
my chances are slim of a  mountain lion attack.=20
Margie







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