Hey, Rapaire. We have cougars here, too. Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.

Hey, while we're about it: heard while speaking with one of the trappers here that the reason cougars have a rep for being 'willing killers' is that during the winters (which we have lots of) their dentition does not allow them to be able to bite off pieces of frozen flesh. They can't do it the way a wolf, dog or fox can, so they have to eat game while it's fresh (warm, or at least not frozen). Once the flesh freezes, it can no longer be used by the cougar, so it will then have to go kill something else. That is what has given them a bad rep.