1.   The big cat has been hunted to near extinction.

2.   Beier rejects the idea that hunting deters cougar attacks because Vancouver Island, where the cats are heavily hunted, experiences the most attacks by far.

3.   California has an all-out ban on hunting the cats and considers the mountain lion a protected animal.

4.   Now some people are demanding that the big cats be hunted to reduce their numbers.

5.   The report accused soldiers of hunting the cats to sell their bones to make traditional Asian medicines.

6.   The soldiers are hunting the cats to sell their bones to make traditional Asian medicines, he said.