When I was 14, my aunt had to shoot a pack of wild dogs in Wisconsin. Just 8 or so years ago my neighbor had to shoot a bobcat in my backyard. We all had small children and the bobcat was behaving crazy. We called animal control and they informed us that if we could catch it, they would take it away. We lived in the county (the city line was only 1/4 mile away). I was furious at the time (I would have liked to have him removed alive but my child came first), but the shotgun did the trick. We had packs of wild dogs when my daughter was younger as well that were only taken care of by a gun. People just don't realize that they will attack small children.


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>What if your kids (and I mean this figuratively... I'm not trying to rile you up by bringing your kids into it) were playing outside and were attacked by a bobcat or a coyote? Or a wild dog? Or an angry bull that got out of your neighbor's pen? Or a rabid dog/racoon/fox? Are you going to fight off a predator with a stick? Sure you would try, but what if you can't get there in time?