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[RC] cougars and protection to carry - Dawn Simas
<<If you ride alone, it would be wise to carry a handgun...actually, it would be really wise to ride with a partner with a handgun -- you may not have time to react if you are attacked.>>
I second Megan's email in full, except this part about the handgun. Scary thought of trying to get a shot off and not kill the victim in the panicked mayhem. In my lectures (next on in a few weeks in Grass Valley, CA, where they killed a nearby cougar last week), I suggest bear pepper spray and/or a sheathed non-folding knife. MANY attacks have been survived by fighting back. Even with a stick.
Ms. Dawn Simas
Director - Wild About Cats
Wild Feline Conservation, Education, and Rescue
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