Somebody saw a cougar down in Iowa City, and one of our vigilant public servants was ready with wisdom -- things you and I would never think of. Misha Goodman, director of the Iowa City Animal Care and Adoption Center, reminds us to
...walk in pairs in the areas where the sightings occurred and to not let children walk alone in wooded areas, particularly at sunset. If a mountain lion is spotted, Goodman said to stay at a distance and to never feed it.
We should all tattoo that on the backs of our hands.
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Our crack DNR isn't quite ready to admit citizens actually saw a cougar this time. They are "investigating."
In the past few years the DNR has finally conceded that a few cougars may have taken up residence in our fair state. Before that they usually said people were mistaking deer for the big cats. The argument eventually colllapsed when DNR learned that even us civilians know that hardly any deer have five-foot tails.
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Considering the DNR released them into Iowa a few years ago, you'd think they wouldn't be skeptical about the sightings.
A female was shot a few miles east of me last year and all of Iowa City's liberals (that would be 99.99% of the residents) were infuriated about it.
I guess the shoe is on the other foot this time.
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