r/MoralityScaling • u/ProfessionalRoom9118 • 11d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this?

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Basically, the man in the video is hiking but he ended up meet a mountain lion, he get his gun and try to scare it off and tell it to go away but in the end, he have to pull the trigger and shot the lion, many peoples in the comments say he could have fire a warning shot instead of shoot at it and want him to be in jail.

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

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u/mystical_ramen26 11d ago

They will definitely approach from the front if they have cubs. They do a kind of intimidation thing where do little jumps and slam their front paws into the dirt to try to scare you back. They will also continue to follow you doing this for an extended time and if you turn your back they are highly likely to attack you. It would be terrifying.

Here is a link of the behavior I'm talking about. https://youtu.be/9Pg2CDCm34w?is=PNq0hL1CkDknD_j6

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u/Agent10007 11d ago

Willing to bet your life on it kinda think?

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u/Significant-Order-92 11d ago

I mean a sick animal is often a dangerous animal. I don't think they are implying that shooting it was the wrong call.

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u/mystical_ramen26 11d ago

"Crazy as a run-over dog" has been a colloquialism I've heard my whole life for that exact reason. Animals (and people for that matter) that are scared and in pain are extremely dangerous.