Woodside: Two cougar sightings in six hours

The fact is that because mountain lions have no natural predators anymore (hunting them by humans is prohibited -- unless, I suppose it's shown that one attacked a human), they will keep reproducing. Because they enforce their territories, the young ones will need to find new territories, and that will often be in semi-urban areas. This is a recipe for eventual attacks -- keep your dogs, cats and kids (and yourself) out of harm's way.

The mountian lions were here before the community exploded in growth , I don't think the mountion lion population has increased, people are living close to nature. This what you get. If you live in an area where there are deer, you will probably have a mountion lion sighting.

Bob, you & Dickson are both right: mountain lions were here before us & man has built into the hills & mountains as well as the baylands so we're closer to them than we used to be.

But experts believe that due to no natural predators besides us & the hunting of them isn't allowed (except by officials mandated) that their population in Calif has increased.

It's also true that the males need a large turf which they protect, killing or driving out younger males. It's unfortunately hard to dart, track & relocate them safely, for a variety of reasons. It's a problem that will likely get worse.

One day a human being will get killed by one of these beasts and all of the 'the cougars were here first' and 'they just need to eat' folks will disappear for awhile. We need to kill either all of them or enough so we don't see them anymore which will take another state prop. We are collectively ridiculous about this issue. We don't live in the Sierras.

I saw a couple the other night, on woodside road near hudson, in a dive listening to music.

Kinda cute, too...

Fun place.