“Panthers generally attack the head and neck, Moschella said: “And when they attack, they kill.”
A mere google search would show that Moschella didn’t do a google search.
For a start, the cougar which attacked a boy while he held his father’s hand DID survive. Other instances of both children and adults surviving a cougar attack are readily available at the touch of the ENTER key.
The key issue seems to be whether help is immediately at hand. Otherwise the human becomes cougar food.
First line medical treatment is always needed when a cougar attacks a human.
Science isn’t the issue here; protecting Gummint programs is. Check out this related FR post:
$cience Mag Jumps on Global Moneywagon
American Thinker ^ | December 26, 2007 | James Lewis
Posted on 12/26/2007 7:59:22 PM PST by neverdem