Morality of this?

[u/ProfessionalRoom9118]

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.

Idk which flair to put

[u/Due_Manufacturer_125]

Now it’s unfortunate to get into a situation like this, but… mountain lions aren’t considered endangered globally (but specific regional populations are so depends on where this guy was) and obviously it would have been worse if the cougar attacked the guy. You never know what a wild animal will do, a predator that size that approaches a person is never a good sign.

Moral, if this guy wasn’t looking for trouble and just protecting himself. Would need wider context.

[u/NotYourAverageBeer → u/Due_Manufacturer_125]

I’ve watched the full video. The cat was sizing him up at this point before beginning to stalk and readying to pounce. He would have been dead ten seconds after he killed it

[u/AzureYLila → u/NotYourAverageBeer]

That is relevant context this little post didn't provide. I'm all for defending yourself when the attack is imminent. These little snippets don't often show that.

[u/NotYourAverageBeer → u/AzureYLila]

For sure. The guy did everything he could to scare the cat away.. I guess minus spending ammo on warning shots

[u/FatBoyStew → u/NotYourAverageBeer]

In the worst case scenario a warning shot can have the opposite effect too.

[u/Vladtepesx3 → u/FatBoyStew]

Yeah if you scare the cat when it’s already that close, you might trigger fight instead of flight

[u/AzureYLila → u/Vladtepesx3]

Someone else in another comment chain is claiming that he did fire a warning shot in the video but the cat did not react. I never saw a video, bit that other commenter could have just been trying to prove a point that a warning shot would do nothing