Calf attacked by a cougar

Calf attacked by a cougar (Puma concolor) at São Nicolau Ranch, Cotriguaçu, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Remote cameras were used to investigate cattle depredation by large cats in Southern Amazon. Jaguar Juruena. Reserva Brasil.

Bezerro atacado por onça-parda (Puma concolor) na Fazenda São Nicolau, Cotriguaçu, Mato Grosso, Brasil. Armadilhas-fotográficas foram usadas para investigar a predação de gado por onças no Sul da Amazônia. Jaguar Juruena. Reserva Brasil

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Pets & Animals

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• calf
• livestock
• cattle
• attacked
• attack
• depredation
• predation
• human-wildlife
• conflicts
• scouting
• camera
• study
• camera-trap
• cougar
• mountain
• lion
• panther
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• concolor
• onça-parda
• suçuarana
• onça-vermelha
• Amazon
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[Antithropocentric]

Does anyone really think cattle are the native species in most of these cases?

Everything has to be about protecting damned livestock from animals that deserve to live there as much as anything.

[ben91909]

@icebreaker127 Nope, hamburger price is definitely more important than cougars.

[snowyphil65]

@Antithropocentric it simply goes like this, livestock cost ranchers money, lots of money, and also make the ranchers money, every time a rancher looses livestock he looses money, therefore the cause must be eliminated. As long as people keep eating beef, this is going to continue. Were all an invasive species, humans are the worst invasive species in the world... just have to figure out how to cope without causing too much more damage.

[KillerGurl20]

@Antithropocentric yes but... these animals should be afraid of humans by now. and the places where they live. i can understand shooting one and then hanging it on your fence so that the others can learn from that one so you dont have to kill all of them. these animals should stay in the wildlife reserves where its safer and hunters dont get a hold of them. but i do see where your coming from.

[ben91909]

@icebreaker127 By combat zone I mean living in a small room with 4 other people, living on a crappy out-post, paying WAAY too much for flaky internet, and seeking fun and adventure all across the middle-eastern desert.

[icebreaker127]

@ben91909 aight dawg I gotcha I gotcha... what do you mean combat zone?

[ben91909]

@icebreaker127 haha what is "aregistered fatass"? I was unaware of a registy. I bet it's the largest group in America. (No pun intended) And no, it is rather difficult to be a fatass in a combat zone. BTW- My previous comment was only slightly sarcastic, no need to get all defensive.

[icebreaker127]

@ben91909 ooohhh I didn't know you were aregistered fatass.. my apologies ma'am... got diabetes?

[icebreaker127]

@ben91909 a whole species of cougar is probably more important than DAMN HAMBURGER PRICES

[xdeloach]

@coldkiller888 it better not be it's a threat to their livestock

[ben91909]

@Antithropocentric As a livestock prodicer though, their priority is to eliminate threats to their herd which is their lively hood. Also, if you are at all familiar with supply/demand, you know that more product keeps cost down, so the less animals that the rancher loses the cheaper your hamburgers are. I don't know if you have ever heard what i am about to tell you, but brace yourself. Life is unfair.