Mother Mountain Lion and Her Three Cubs Killed in Northern California

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The Department of Fish and Game killed a mother and three babymountain lions, who they asserted were "terrorizing" Rescue, aneighborhood in Northern California. Despite the fact that this lion family wassuspected of killing a residents' goat, and perhaps other livestock, the peopleof Rescue were upset that Fish and Game, again, resorted to killing the cat andher cubs.
As we search forspace, fresh air and "nature", we forget that we encroach upon thenatural habitats of animals with whom we share this planet. These animals arealso part of the "nature" that we seek as a respite from crowded andsmoggy cities. These animals need food and water regardless of whether housesstand where once they did not.  In other words, just because we change ouraddress does not mean the wildlife we displace consents to politely starve todeath and to stop behaving naturally. 
It also means thatthose charged with the responsibility of enforcing the protection of our nativeand protected species, (a class in which mountain lions reside), must behavebetter than the rest of us and work to negate our egocentric ignorantassumptions and behaviors.  Teaching people to cope, exploring relocationoptions, and creating wildlife corridors to expand areas of natural habitatcould ultimately help save the lives of both the lions and the goat. It is alsoup to residents of areas where it is foreseeable to encounter a mountainlion to take steps to keep pets and farm animals in secure, indoor enclosuresat night.
The Department ofFish and Game has always rejected that they were in the preservation businesswhen criticized for too hastily hunting and killing one of our "game"animals. They insist that hunting and "taking" of "game" isnecessary to manage herd populations. They have also had a terrible seasonduring which their Commission president posted pictures of a lion that hekilled out of state, a baby lion was gunned down at their direction in Santa Monica as well as other such difficult incidents. Yet, this pastlegislative session they removed the word "game" from Fish and Gameand replaced it with "wildlife" so as to diminish and eliminate the hunting connotations emitted by the word"game" - clearly a distinction in "game" only.
They are notfooling anybody nor will Californians mistake such flimsy appearances for reality. Insteadof asking the words to do the work of softening their image so as to appearless like government hunters why don't they just act that way? 
Trust me - thisword play is no game to lions or goats.