Criticism increasing over cougar shot and killed at South Health Campus

[Arya Stark]

Originally Posted by Huntingwhale

Sucks the cougar was killed. At the very least, it's meat should be harvested and eaten.

Or a couple nice coats should have been made.

[Flabbibulin]

Wife and I just had one of the biggest arguments in recent memory over this. Ha.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Flabbibulin

Wife and I just had one of the biggest arguments in recent memory over this. Ha.

Who is sleeping on the couch tonight?

[Daradon]

Resident 'tree hugger' here. I have no problems with how this was handled. Did it go down perfectly? Obviously not. But I do believe the officers and those in charge made the right decisions. Sometimes bad stuff just happens.

This was outside a fricken hospital. Much larger concerns than the welfare of the aninal. While very sad, it's just one of those things.

[NinePack]

im not sure on all the meat , but i have eaten cougar steaks and they were pretty good. Not tuff , almost tasted like a cheaper beef cut.

[Russic]

Originally Posted by Sr. Mints

Oh. Well I still don't like it.

While I'm not a fan of speaking for people, I can say with reasonable certainty nobody here likes it. It absolutely sucks, but sometimes the hard decision is the right one.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by psicodude

^ Wouldn't a cougar be like 99% muscle? Super gross to eat, I would assume.

What do you think meat is?

[pylon]

The comments sections on the articles relating to this are utterly mind blasting.

I almost really want a Cougar to maul and kill someone so we can see the hypocritical reaction of the people attacking these officers. Almost.... but not quite.

[The Yen Man]

Originally Posted by pylon

The comments sections on the articles relating to this are utterly mind blasting.

I almost really want a Cougar to maul and kill someone so we can see the hypocritical reaction of the people attacking these officers. Almost.... but not quite.

Not gonna lie, I feel like I lost a few brain cells reading the tripe from the comment section. My own fault though, since it was pretty much expected nothing but dumb comments, but I guess I'm just a sucker for punishment.

[Acey]

Killing it was the right call, but why the delay in between shots when it was clearly still alive?

[T@T]

I'm late for this party and haven't read the whole thread(seems full of dumb food jokes) but can I ask why the hell a cougar was at a hospital? Big cats (or even bobcats/lynx) never go near busy human places especially during daylight.

Was it injured or something and needed attention?

[JiriHrdina]

Originally Posted by T@T

I'm late for this party and haven't read the whole thread(seems full of dumb food jokes) but can I ask why the hell a cougar was at a hospital? Big cats (or even bobcats/lynx) never go near busy human places especially during daylight.

Was it injured or something and needed attention?

It's near the edge of town. Not really much around it so he probably just wandered in

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

What do you think meat is?

I think the point is that better cuts of meat have a high percentage of fat. Add to that the muscle is likely well toned as well, it would be tougher than the worst cuts of horse meat.

However the bigger tragedy is that the animal had to be put down; not that the meat was wasted.

[icarus]

Originally Posted by T@T

I'm late for this party and haven't read the whole thread(seems full of dumb food jokes) but can I ask why the hell a cougar was at a hospital? Big cats (or even bobcats/lynx) never go near busy human places especially during daylight.

Was it injured or something and needed attention?

I can't tell if this post is serious, or, ironically, a dumb joke...

[JJolg]

I'm certain its no joke. These animals do there best to avoid human contact and even though there is a healthy amount of them along the bow in this area its very rare to see one for long enough to get a photo. The fact that this cat not only chose to venture to an area full of people but didn't leave after many hours makes me think it was sick or just old and not able to feed itself anymore so it was looking for an easy meal.

[Derek Sutton]

Originally Posted by T@T

I'm late for this party and haven't read the whole thread(seems full of dumb food jokes) but can I ask why the hell a cougar was at a hospital? Big cats (or even bobcats/lynx) never go near busy human places especially during daylight.


Was it injured or something and needed attention?

YAH, IT SHOULD GO TO SEE A VET OR SUMPTIN, TSSSSSSSSSS.

It would have followed the river somehow. My Aunt lives south off Dunbow Rd (humble brag) and cougars have been seen out there. One went on a killing spree one time mauling numerous llamas. It got put down because of its odd and unusual behavior, fish and game decided that it was killing for fun, and not for food.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by pylon

Shooting it in the head is the absolute most amateur thing you could ever do that close to the animal. Hunters almost always shoot for the heart. You aim for a tiny target like the head, and graze it, or miss, you will have a faceful of angry cat from that distance. I have a hard time believing you have been hunting long if you think a head shot would be the right plan of action. Unless of course the hunting you are talking about is the Big Buck Hunter machine at Chuck e Cheese.

And there is no more foolproof or effective gun at that distance than a shotgun. They were not killing this thing to eat it or stuff it. They had to use the most effective, and high percentage means to kill the animal. The animal suffering a few extra seconds in this scenario is not a consideration unfortunately. And that is exactly what was done. Textbook.

The head was a lot easier to shoot at than the heart from where the cougar was laying. You say the head is a small target. Compare it to the size of a cougars heart.....

Believe whatever you want, I'm 37 years old now. They should have used a rifle, not a shotgun.

[jayswin]

Haha, that's a great quote. "Believe whatever you want, I'm 37 years old now".

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by doctajones428

One to the head and done? Do you know it's easy to screw that shot up and make the animal suffer for a long time before death?

One to the lungs/heart area to debilitate it, then an easy one to the head. If you're a really good shot then one to the heart and done. 10 seconds of suffering tops. Could be minutes or hours of suffering if you go straight for the head

I should have multi-quoted, but again the heart wasn't even an option with a cat in grass like it was IMO. Maybe from the window where the people were, but definitely not from where the cops were standing.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by flameswin

Haha, that's a great quote. "Believe whatever you want, I'm 37 years old now".

He said he didn't believe I was hunting long, my original post had the age I started hunting, that post has my age now. Not sure how you misinterpreted it, but that's all I meant.