I believe people are getting mixed up here...
Bears are mostly peaceful animals, even the grizz.
Having grown up on the frontier, I've seen em...11 summers in Alaska
Cougars are a totally different story.
They are a predator, who will stalk and kill large game.
After the dog pursuit law was repealed, the cougar population exploded, the deer population plummeted and housewives everywhere started finding the big cats in their backyards.(or in our case, the driveway)
Dogs and cats dissappeared (we lost 2 in one weekend)
And people started getting attacked. (my wife was stalked for 2 miles by a cougar,... in Bellingham)
Please don't mistake bears and cougars, they are as different as dogs and cats.