While both coyotes and cougars are a growing problem for livestock producers, cougars may become a problem directly for humans.
That’s the conclusion wildlife officials voiced earlier this month during a meeting held to discuss the problem of predators.
Officials and producers are having difficulty keeping up with predators that prey on livestock, and in discussions Jan. 7 at the Old Armory in Albany, they discussed the likelihood of cougars eventually attacking a human if…