"The
answer to the first question is the white-tailed deer. Deer do not set
out to murder people, as far as anyone knows, but they do jump out in
front of vehicles so often that they cause more than a million
collisions a year, resulting in more than 200 deaths.
The answer to the second question, according to a new scientific study, is the cougar.
Laura R. Prugh, a wildlife scientist at the University of Washington
; Sophie L. Gilbert, a wildlife ecologist at the University of Idaho; and several colleagues argue in the journal Conservation Letters
that if eastern cougars returned to their historic range, they could
prevent 155 human deaths and 21,400 human injuries, and save $2.3
billion, over the course of 30 years.
; Sophie L. Gilbert, a wildlife ecologist at the University of Idaho; and several colleagues argue in the journal Conservation Letters
that if eastern cougars returned to their historic range, they could
prevent 155 human deaths and 21,400 human injuries, and save $2.3
billion, over the course of 30 years.
And
although cougars do kill humans sometimes, the scientists estimated
that number would be less than one per year, for a total of less than 30
lives lost, far less than the number of lives saved."
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