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Is That So? By OLGA BURNS The mountain lion is well on the road to extinction in the United States for two reasons-many still think him dangerous to man, and he is considered a ruthless killer of valuable animals. But is this big cat, also known as the cougar or puma, realy deserving of such a rep utation? So far as authenticated at tacks on adults is concerned, they are so rare they form 'only a minute fraction by at tacks on men by bulls and 'cows. In fact, horses probably have, killed many more men "than cougars have. As for authenticated attacks on chil dren, they are also rare, and in at least two cases the cou gars were so old and feeble the children beat them off without grave injury to them selves. The cougar looks as if he ought to be dangerous. He is so powerful he can and does give the man-killing jaguar a tough time in South America, and he does like to follow men in the woods. That is most disturbing, of course, but very likely he does it out of curiosity and not bad intent. In South America they have been known to come so close to men at night as to awaken them by purring. -and the fa mous naturalist W. H. Hudson wrote thus of them: "It is no torious that where the puma is the only large beast of prey 'it is perfectly safe for a small child to go out and sleep in the plain." The case againset cougars as livestock killers, however, is something else. They kill sheep, pigs, cattle and horses. Indeed, their liking for horse flesh is so strong there is rea son to believe that is why the original horses of the Western hemisphere were wiped out thousands of years ago'. Amount Negligible - Nonetheless, the amount' of livestock ' they kill in this country today is negligible. What few cougars there are left tend mainly to prey on deer and other wild aninials. But even that is held against the cougar. The deer is valu able as a meat animal and for sport, and so those the cougar gets are regarded as ail eco nomic loss which justifies a bounty on the big cats. That is faulty thinking, though. Un told numbers of deer starve to death nearly every year be cause of poor game conserva tion measures.- Others are saved by expensive feeding. In other areas the deer are so thick they cause sizable crop losses. . All these losses are due to 'their population being out of balance. If cougars ,were not exterminated from these areas, they would do much to establish the balance of na ture and would in themselyes form a valuable game animal. (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) itock up now and save during the big value-packed 6 afeway P Ckistmas Sa Save on Durkee's Shredded Cello. Coconut Sweet, fuicy coconut meat that dis tinctive flavor that is so good in cakes, pies, salads, and desserts. Fkg. 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