Yup. Like their back yards. Although, they'll rarely approach houses so closely unless the houses have encroached so much that they have little choice any more. Nevertheless, the parents had better get it through their heads that the US of A is not a manicured park and ourdoors is dangerous if little Ashley Amber doesn't know what she's doing around animals.
I grew up in a heavily wooded area with both mountain lions and bears. I can count on one hand the number of times I ever saw either in the wild, but my parents made damn sure I knew how to deal with them.
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Date: 2005-06-20 05:02 pm (UTC)I grew up in a heavily wooded area with both mountain lions and bears. I can count on one hand the number of times I ever saw either in the wild, but my parents made damn sure I knew how to deal with them.