janet_rose
Posted : 8/6/2008 9:14:53 AM
Liesje
I love my little cats, but I am SO scared of cougars!
You wouldn't have liked the U. of Houston during the 60's and 70's. There was a live cougar (raised from a kitten) kept on campus as a mascot. Shasta was regularly walked by one of her student keepers - if that is what you can call a cougar on a chain pulling a man around campus "walking the cat".
Shasta sat down beside me once - literally 12" from me (her butt level with my butt; her head above my head). 
The keeper said "I don't think she will hurt you". That really didn't reassure me, so I got out of there. You can't ever call them "tame" and Shasta didn't have a "nice kitty" reputation toward women.