It sure sounds stupid, but then I got to thinking...
People have horses at children's parties, right? Yet a frightened horse could easily kill a 4-year-old child. Or how about dogs? They'd be predators in the wild, and a lot of breeds are heavier than that 62-pound couger. Yet people get dogs for their kids all the time.
It's a matter of the animal's training, temperment, and socialization. I probably would have taken the handler's word that the couger was safe. I mean, he knows the animal, right?
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It sure sounds stupid, but then I got to thinking...
People have horses at children's parties, right? Yet a frightened horse could easily kill a 4-year-old child. Or how about dogs? They'd be predators in the wild, and a lot of breeds are heavier than that 62-pound couger. Yet people get dogs for their kids all the time.
It's a matter of the animal's training, temperment, and socialization. I probably would have taken the handler's word that the couger was safe. I mean, he knows the animal, right?
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