On 8/30/10 7:47 AM, BAR wrote:
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Oh, and I favor re-introducing large, dangerous predators...cuts down on
the riff-raff. I am privileged to know some people who legally keep
large predators. The big cats and wolves I've meet seem more deserving
of life than your average palinite.

I doubt folks would be happy if they dropped a dozen mountain lions in
Rock Creek Park and called them "The Endangered Maryland Panther".
That is pretty much what happened with the Florida Panther.
To start with you would need to reduce all the speed limits so they
wouldn't get killed by cars, they would need to build 10 foot fences
around the beltway and the various other interstate feeders with
panther tunnels under the road. The people in Chevy Chase would just
have to understand a panther coming out of the park and eating pets
was just nature's way. Molesting the panther is a federal crime.
Just keep your kids inside at night and be careful where you jog.

Don't worry the mountain lion and the black bear are making their way
into the western suburbs.

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/r...blackbears.htm

http://wolves.wordpress.com/2009/01/...s-in-virginia/



Gosh, I hope so...there are frequent reports of "mountain lion
sightings" out on the Shenandoah, but think most of it is wishful
thinking. The big problem out there seems to be packs of feral dogs.It
is not a good idea to wander the trails out there without a sidearm.

Cougars in Fairfax County... :)