After a short Portland stopover, three rescued cougar orphans will travel to new home in North Carolina. For six weeks, the cubs received care at the Oregon Zoo's Veterinary Medical Care Center. Story: www.oregonzoo.o...
@Mr Wonder Bruh people always say stupid shit like that but you don't realize how important hunters truly are. Hunters are NOT the same as poachers! It's not about killing animals but about controlling and protecting the animal population. Sometimes there's an overgrowth, and sometimes there's a downfall and hunters keep that balance so that they 1. Don't endager other species or get endangered themselves, and 2. Don't damage property.
@Mr Wonder lol let me put it this way then. Imagine a little 4 year old girl getting attacked and killed by a wild cougar or bear because it got too close to where people lived and saw the little girl as a threat. Can you honestly say that you're perfectly OK with this being a regular occurence? Hunting for sport is terrible. Hunting to keep everyone safe, animals AND people, is something that *needs* to be done whether you like it or not. I don't know what it's like in America, but in my country, hunters have to be approved before they can legally hunt. They analize all animal data annually, and have to be approved by the government before they can hunt.
Colin Yapp Oregon is a liberal state, so no matter what, they will blame the killing on a hunter, not someone who had to defend his family against a hostile cougar. Yes there is a slight chance that a sport hunter went out and killed a cougar, but as we can see in this video there are 3 live cougar cubs that were rescued by someone with a heart. A "murderous" sport hunter would have just left the cubs there, for fear of reporting it and getting himself in trouble or having bad publicity. Therefore a person protecting himself or his family would probably be more accurate, since a person in that position would be the kind of person who would even call the authorities to report what happened, saving the 3 cubs lives. Our liberal media does all it can to blame the worlds problems on guns & hunters, not caring that guns are a great tool for self defense & protecting ones family in locations that have deadly animals.
I can understand for food or self defense... I’ve hunted deer for the meat before. But sport hunting is something different, I don’t see the sense in killing an animal just for decoration.
@@Nick-wn1xw --- To feed people? Yes. I didn't know chickens were wild or majestic. Or quickly disappearing from their native habitat. Or that slaughtering them is accompanied by a 'thrill'.
For all you know the cougar could have been killing the dudes livestock or something. There’s always more to a story than just a single sentence. The hunter didn’t have horrible or necessarily bad intent because he went out of his way to bring attention to the orphaned Cubs.
@@lucakeenan5035 Murdering an animal for killing livestock animals to survive that you intend to murder anyway when when you don't need to murder animals to survive. I'm afraid that still doesn't add up, friend,
HELLO, BABIES! Such big, beautiful blue eyes! Yes, I understand these are wild animals, they are not pets, and not used for cuddles. But can't I appreciate the cuteness?
They're not wild animals, they're captive animals and yes should be given human interaction. The scale goes as follows: captive wild ^ || selective breeding dimension =====> socialization with humans dimension domestic feral ||
Not necessarily any more wild than a house cat or more dangerous than a pit bull. Well, actually, less dangerous than a pit bull! You should check out the vids about Messi the pet cougar to appreciate how easily a cougar can be domesticated! Cougars are the most genetically similar to house cats than all other big cats. More so than bobcats, ocelots, lynx, etc. So, it's not a surprise that these cubs want to cuddle with their humans.
Precious!!! Absolutely precious. Wish I were rich. I would give my money away helping those animals survive as well as the poor. I help the sick everyday already.
Keith Brown Don’t get me started on how the Christian Bible says to “dominate and subdue” the planet and everything on it. (It’s right there in the book of Genesis!). We could stand to learn a lot from the Native American and Wiccan/Pagan traditions on this one!
@@LegendOfBaynes it was actually Narc 1820 that brought up race first. I'm not saying I agree with them, I'm just saying if you're going to call someone out for bringing race into a conversation, treat racism towards white people the same as racism towards any other race.
Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife: what's the idea of setting the cougar-hunting season to run through the season for raising cubs? This keeps happening. Another news release from the Oregon Zoo put the count at 85 cougar cubs rescued and placed at other zoos. It's not cute, it's tragic.
***** here here! Seems like a backhanded attempt at population control without coming out and saying, "Cougar Mom's are fair game to be shot and killed"
I agree I mean cougar cubs deserve to be with their mums and also cougars deserve to be not hunted since if the mother was killed which these cubs mother was they'll be vulnerable and without mom to protect them they'll starve.
+Scott Slocum This sounds like something that needs to be addressed. Its not right for the cubs to be left to starve. Its inhuman. Someone needs to get a movement going on this.
+Jacob Sutton : in these cases, they're not leaving the cubs to starve; they're killing the parents (sometimes for trophies, and sometimes because that's they only way they're willing to protect their livestock) and "rescuing" the cubs, who must then live out their lives in confinement.
I understand that. but killing the mothers is leaving the cubs to starve. Thats why im agreeing with you about them needing to change the hunting season. To a time of year when they arent parenting there young.
Crusader1815 Or they shoot them to protect the livestock the cougar would have massacred. Or the child it was about to pounce on. Or the dog it was going to kill. You’re an ignorant bigot. Probably a racist as well.
What pissed me off is when she said the cougar mom was shot by a hunter who didn't realize that she was pregnant.. As if it's OK to hunt cougars if they're not pregnant 😞
@@lydiapetra1211 I dont but I think some people are either too far away or just like the fresh more natural meat. Theres nothing wrong with hunting for food when you need it, that's nature, it's wrong when your needlessly killing them for fun.
The baby cougars are simply super cute with their cuddly faces where due to their friendly nature would be suitable to star in a feature film entitled, "The Cougar Clan", where the principal cub along with its siblings travel the perilous deep jungle in search of their mother whom has inadvertently been separated by a recent freak storm where the cubs venture forth through one calamity to another trying their utmost to rejoin the rest of the family. This is only one narrative, though many others could easily be developed to create an enchanting movie. Apart from my fertile imagination, I would not mind having the cougar cubs as pets if it were possible. Of course the dwelling would need to be far-removed from the city in order for the cougars to have ample space to roam freely. I would be tempted to take the cubs to bed with me as they could function as soft cushions. However, on second thought, it may be unwise as they could view my sleeping body as food unless of course I feed them a hearty meal prior to bedtime. 😴
Awwwww, that's a GREAT idea for an animated movie! ^_^ I'd be happy to write a script about it. :-) (Come to think of it, it kinda reminds me of "Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey". 😊 One of my all-time favorite live-action Disney movies!)
I am so happy that those cougar kittens were rescued and are in good hands. They are beautiful!! Why did that hunter have to shoot their mother? Thats terrible!!
They are so cute I love all types of cats from normal ones to bobcats and lions and tigers I just think they are cute I enjoyed this vid thanks for showing us this
Michelle u do great work helping these little ones that would otherwise have died. For sure its not the standard zoo keepers day to cuddle big cat kittens but when u do u hav the best job in the world!! :-)
They are so cute and I know they look soft but I had the opportunity to pet an adolescent one at a zoo many years ago and their fur is much more coarse than a house cat. I expect the hardest part for this lady is seeing them go after spending so much time with them and developing bond.
Theirs nothing wrong with hunting.. When a cougar kills a deer what do you think happens to the fawn? Hunting is far more humane then what people do to domesticated animals anyway(chickens,cows...).
Nothing wrong with hunting in general or hunting cougars when the season is right. The hunter did a wonderful thing by caring enough to actually bring the cubs in and let someone save them. He was most likely alone or with friends and didn't have to do this.
First off, I'm not a hunter. Not because I think it's wrong, I just haven't had the opportunity. I plan to soon. Second, hunting is a way of life. You going to the grocery store and buying a package of beef does not excuse you for killing it. Third, it's more about the FACT that you do not have the right to tell another human being they can't hunt. Especially when it isn't an endangered animal and each part of the carcass is used. Just the way it is. Think it's wrong all you want, but you don't get to choose for people.
And bad mouthing the hunter for his choice of lifestyle, to me, is no different from bad mouthing anyone else for their life style choices. Shot in the dark here but I bet your screwed up world view believes it is okay to bad mouth hunters but wrong to think just about any other lifestyle choice is bad. Stop being a hypocrite. And yes it is a lifestyle choice. You don't have to buy it from the super market, you can hunt for your own food and choose not to eat the hormone loaded meat at the store. And if it was killed in self defense and you don't think people have a right to defend themselves against animals that can and will kill them, you have a screw loose. -just saying
There is nothing wrong with hunting. It’s much more humane than how the supermarket gets its meat. Now Trophy hunting is sad and pathetic. If you kill an animal just to kill and take the head that is wrong. I don’t hunt anything I don’t eat. A Mountain Lion is not something I’d kill unless I’m protecting myself.
