Should ODFW increase efforts to trap cougars within city limits?

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686 Votes

Should ODFW increase efforts to trap cougars within city limits?

66%

Yes Yes

34%

No No

66%

Yes

Cougars in populated areas pose a threat to livestock, people and pets. They need to be moved elsewhere.

Cougars in populated areas pose a threat to livestock, people and pets. They need to be moved elsewhere. Show Less

6 Comments

Brandy Barr

THERE IS NO NEED TO KILL DEFENSELESS ANIMALS, THAT IS JUST WRONG!! RELOCATE THEM!!

Donna Reed

Yes, sadly.

Ka San

Yes, trap and move them. I agree that we have encroached on their territory, but it doesn't change the fact that they are predators and peoples' animals and livestock are at risk.

Cynthia Wolfe

I am conflicted, we humans have taken their natural paths away and then we are shocked and want the animals to pay for our way of life. The cougars are an issue but the biggest issue is US.

Lynn Huntley

Trap and move them. It is not the animals' fault people have infringed on their habitats.

Facetious_Fetus

We found our govt with the expectation that they will protect and serve us. They need to follow through on this obligation.

34%

No

Human interactions with cougars are very rare, and trapping-relocation rarely goes well.

Human interactions with cougars are very rare, and trapping-relocation rarely goes well. Show Less

5 Comments

Mindy Whaley Fritzie

Open hunting with dogs again educating wild cats and bears to stay in the backcountry

ODFW needs to control the population of Cougars with MORE paid hunters with dogs, Like the old days. Then maybe there will be a Deer or Elk for me to eat!!!

Beverly Beall-Shockcor

Maybe we should quit taking away such a large portion of their habitats by building neighborhoods within the forest.

Sam Ackerman

They help keep stray animals under control. Including the ones that should be on a leash.

Neta Marlin

If we are going to live here, in their home, we need to learn to live WITH them, in harmony,not just kill them for hunting,.I'm sorry those people lost their animals, circle of life~ not the suburbs

Ka San

They didn't suggest killing them, just moving them.

Have you been experiencing more stress after the 2024 election?

Asked by KTVZ

252 Votes

Have you been experiencing more stress after the 2024 election?

27%

YES YES

73%

NO NO

27%

YES

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

73%

NO

2 Comments

Latterdaysaint

Of course not, trump will make America great again!

Jeff Sanders

I am glad that we were Blue over all on the West coast. Those flyover states have too much say.

Do you support a traffic light at the Reed Market and Bond St roundabout?

Asked by KTVZ

535 Votes

Do you support a traffic light at the Reed Market and Bond St roundabout?

30%

YES YES

70%

NO NO

30%

YES

2 Comments

Kit Cohan

I prefer metering to increasing the number of lanes. More than one lane makes roundabouts much more dangerous to navigate, especially with drivers who are not locals and do not understand how roundabouts work. 2 lanes = many more accidents plus 2 lanes need to be a much larger diameter for safety.

Jeff Sanders

You're literally bumper to bumper from the Bill Healy bridge. The people from the Old Mill Never Cease coming.

70%

NO

9 Comments

Dennis Douglas

If it weren’t so maddening, our City counselors would make for a cast in a Monty Python show. They befuddle themselves with ludicrous ideas and foist them onto the taxpayers. Bend is becoming a laughing stock to outsiders and a source of continual angst for the residents.

SUE ABERNATHY

Isn't that why they put the round about in because stop lights were going to cost to much????? Just saying.

sara kreps

doesn't this defeat the purpose of a roundabout? might as well make it a regular intersection with lights.

Dave Krajczynski

If people used the roundabout correctly and actually filled in the gaps and went when there was an opening it would flow just fine. People wait for a bus sized gap before they go.

Jeff Sanders

The people coming from the Old Mill Never Cease coming. Traffic is backed up to Bill Healy bridge everyday. At least in the winter.

Kathy Brown

Make a LARGER round-about!! A stop light will only make it worse!!

Chris Gonzales

A roundabout's primary purpose in traffic management is to improve safety and traffic flow, resulting in less congestion and fewer accidents compared to traditional stoplight intersections. Key words: Flow, less congestion and Stoplights. Now they want to add Stoplights!!! City waste at its Best!

Latterdaysaint

The point of the roundabouts was to get rid of lights

Fletcher Jackson

What's the point of having a light at a roundabout? The point of a roundabout is to get rid of the lights. Widen it and start growing for the people coming here. The way bend builds, everything is obsolete by the time it's done.

Tim Walker

I drive through this around about several times everyday and it is never an issue very rarely. Is it an issue? The reason they put roundabouts in for the first place was to get rid of stop lights and stop signs

Jeff Sanders

It's bumper to bumper from the Bill Healy bridge.

KTVZ

Should ODFW increase efforts to trap cougars within city limits?

66% Yes Yes

34% No No

66% Yes

34% No

Have you been experiencing more stress after the 2024 election?

27% YES YES

73% NO NO

27% YES

73% NO

Do you support a traffic light at the Reed Market and Bond St roundabout?

30% YES YES

70% NO NO

30% YES

70% NO

66%

Yes Yes

34%

No No

66%

Yes

34%

No

27%

YES YES

73%

NO NO

27%

YES

73%

NO

30%

YES YES

70%

NO NO

30%

YES

70%

NO