The animals then were a direct threat to livestock. Predatory animals are smarter than we give them credit for and when they can bring down prey with little or no effort i.e., sheep, cows etc, then they will do so instead of stalking deer in the wild. Most of the panthers were not hunted out of malice but out of fear for loss of livestock. Rob Barrett >From: Reneelwaring@aol.com >Reply-To: paclearf@rootsweb.com >To: paclearf@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [PACLEARF] Stories of Pennsylvania Animals >Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 10:40:59 EST > >In a message dated 1/13/07 11:22:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, >suerenkert@gci.net writes: >It is a very interesting read. The article is specific to the Central >Pennsylvania mountains, and tells of the various species of wild animals, >many >already hunted to extinction, that were commonplace during the lifetime of >out >ancestors. > >I think many of you will find this interesting. > >Sue >Thank you Sue. I have seen a newspaper article with a photo of my Waring >family with a barn side filled with black panther pelts. We supposedly >killed >the last black panther in Clearfield County. I don't believe it since they >have >been seen since then but the number of hides nailed to the side of that >barn >is enough to make you cry. Definitly NOT something to be proud of but it >does >give you an idea of how the inhabitants felt about this animal at that >time. >We've come a long way (I hope) towards having empathy towards this >beautiful >animal and others naturally found in this habitat. > >Renee Waring > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >PACLEARF-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Get live scores and news about your team: Add the Live.com Football Page www.live.com/?addtemplate=football&icid=T001MSN30A0701