Cougar in viral video not in 'attack mode,' says CSU human-carnivore coexistence researcher
Guest columnist Kevin Crooks, director of CSU's Center for Human-Carnivore Coexistence, gives his take on the intense interaction between a mountain lion and a hiker on a trail in Utah. While many media outlets have described this interaction as the mountain lion “stalking” the hiker, ready to “attack," Crooks saw something else.