> The real difficulty is how one accommodates bear and cougars. One doesn't. Bears were exterminated in Britain 1500 years ago. And cougars were never native h

> The real difficulty is how one accommodates bear and cougars. One doesn't. Bears were exterminated in Britain 1500 years ago. And cougars were never native here. > But the largest predators in the UK are badgers. Fine by me, badgers aren't a threat to humans. > Do we continue to close schools and break out the dart guns every time someone sees a bear in a tree? No, we exterminate them like my ancestors did 1500 years ago, because they were sensible (my ancestors, not the bears). Maybe put some in a wildlife park or zoo.