Last night I dropped our oldest off for a sleep over at a friend's house. When I got home, my neighbor walked up to me. Wanted to let me know there was a Mountain Lion roaming across the street. The lion had picked off one of our neighbors dogs, a Chow.
The Division of Wildlife sent someone out. They found the remains of the dog. When they were trying to get the collar off the dog, the lion came back around the corner. The Division of Wildlife guy, Matt, decided it was time to go get his shotgun.
The lion came back to the carcass 3 times while Matt was standing just 10 feet away. He decided the Lion needed to go. He called in another Division of Wildlife guy to bring a trap. Apparently, if he had shot the lion with a tranquilizer, the lion basically just gets really pissed off. It takes about 10 minutes for the sedative to take effect and the lion just runs around and in populated area, this can be bad. As a difference, a bear will just climb up a tree and fall asleep.
The lion decided to just take a rest up the hill. We all got a good glimpse of him, and he of us! The fact that he seemed pretty at ease with all the activity confirmed the Division of Wildlife's thought that he had to be moved. They set the trap with the remainder of the dog carcass.
I ran into Matt this morning and they caught the lion!
I did not get any pics of the lion unfortunately. He was just out of range to get a picture with the lense I have. Maybe next time.
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holy moly! glad the wilderness was kept at bay.
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