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Mountain lion attacks Weld County pets
Denver Post ^ | July 2, 2009 | Kieran Nicholson

Posted on 07/02/2009 8:20:46 AM PDT by MtnClimber

A mountain lion was spotted in a hotel parking lot just off of I-25 in Del Camino in Weld County, and four animals were decapitated on a nearby property, authorities said.

A six-foot long mountain lion was seen at about 11 p.m. Sunday in the parking lot of a Quality Inn, near the 10000 block of the West I-25 frontage road, according to a media release from the Weld County Sheriff's Office.

Sheriff's deputies and officers with the Firestone and Frederick police department's searched for the big cat but did not find it.

On Monday a resident in the 9000 block of the West I-25 frontage road reported finding three dead rabbits and a dead cat on his property, the sheriff's office said.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: mountainlion

1 posted on 07/02/2009 8:20:46 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

The mountain lion’s breath must have been really bad to weld pets together.

/lame attempt at humor


2 posted on 07/02/2009 8:23:54 AM PDT by FreedomOfExpression
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To: MtnClimber

Here we have Florida Panthers which are moutail lions.
I live in the country about 15 miles from a city in an airpark with about 40 homes. We have a panther around here we see cruising for chicks once in a while.
Lots of bobcats and tons of wabbits. Seems we find lots of headless and gutted wabbits. Always pleasant to stumble upon.


3 posted on 07/02/2009 8:25:00 AM PDT by Joe Boucher
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To: MtnClimber

“mountain”


4 posted on 07/02/2009 8:25:20 AM PDT by Joe Boucher
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To: Joe Boucher
"We have a panther around here we see cruising for chicks..."

Usually cougars are seen cruising for dudes.

5 posted on 07/02/2009 8:28:32 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Joe 6-pack

The altitude in Colorado ( and this is after all just outside of Fort Collins and Greeley) qualifies as mountain. Fact is the surrounding landscape of the area is very compatible for the puma. This is what happens when humans live in areas where there are wild predators


6 posted on 07/02/2009 8:30:39 AM PDT by the long march
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To: MtnClimber

This one’s a bit outside their usual range. Must have followed the St Vrain watershed from Lyons?


7 posted on 07/02/2009 8:37:06 AM PDT by CowboyJay (RiNO - It's 'what's for dinner'...)
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To: the long march

Big increase in bear sightings around Glenwood Springs, on the other side of the divide, in Colorado.


8 posted on 07/02/2009 8:38:22 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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To: the long march

“This is what happens when humans live in areas where there are wild predators”

That is the entire planet. You’re not suggesting we leave the planet, are you?


9 posted on 07/02/2009 8:38:53 AM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: NativeNewYorker; george76

I saw the first black bear of the year on Tuesday afternoon. It was about 150 lbs and was walking through my yard. It was going at a fast pace due to the dogs barking. I am in the Colorado Rockies at about 8,500 ft elevation and right next to the Roosevelt National Forest.


10 posted on 07/02/2009 8:44:27 AM PDT by MtnClimber (Bernard Madoff's ponzi scheme looks remarkably similar to the way Social Security works)
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To: CodeToad

No not at all. Born and raised in Colorado. Love the mountains. Love the wild life I just am very respectful of what is their habitat that we disrupt. The predators come down from the mountains during tough times and eat what is available ( happens here in San Jose as well lions get dogs and cats and the occassional runner). My point was more that unless we want to exterminate ALL wild life ( and I don’t want that) then we shouldn’t be surprized when this happens


11 posted on 07/02/2009 8:48:22 AM PDT by the long march
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To: MtnClimber
I'll bet Jennifer "catch and release" is standing by.

12 posted on 07/02/2009 8:50:55 AM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: the long march

I’ll never forget about 10 years ago I was here at the airpark riding a honda goldwing around and I saw one about three thousand feet down the road. I coasted to where it had stepped off the road into the brush and he was just sitting about 50 feet away cleaning his paws.
HONEST, he was not impressed with my presence nearly as I was his.
I stopped and watched and after a few minutes he just strolled off like he owned the world.


13 posted on 07/02/2009 8:53:00 AM PDT by Joe Boucher
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To: CowboyJay

Where we live in the the North Dakota badlands, it is hardly mountainous yet mountain lions abound.


14 posted on 07/02/2009 9:19:48 AM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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To: UriÂ’el-2012

“I’ll bet Jennifer “catch and release” is standing by.”

Jennifer’s job security is seriesly hugh. She does not have to worry about Obama’s spiralling economy.


15 posted on 07/02/2009 11:02:30 AM PDT by mickey finn
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To: the long march
If wild creatures invade human habitat they should be eliminated. In the animal world, a critter loses his/her territory if a bigger and badder critter moves in..

Disarming humans in favor of the critters goes against the law of nature...All critters have a right to protect their turf...

16 posted on 07/02/2009 12:39:03 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: goat granny

When we invade the spaces where they have lived most of their natural lives we should not be surprized when they attack. Moreover, your view point guarantees that the only animals around will be dead ones


17 posted on 07/02/2009 2:14:47 PM PDT by the long march
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To: the long march
The only dead one's are the one's that stay around human habitat. They then also bring their offspring into that habitat...The one's that live and reproduce away from humans, will live longer lives...I personally don't want any bear or puma in my back yard and I have as much a right to live there as they do...They can move to another habitat or die..

Lets face it, a bigger and stronger bear or mountain lion that goes into another bear or lion territory have a fight to see who lives there and who moves on...Just think of us as a bigger and stronger puma, they can move out or die

18 posted on 07/02/2009 2:28:00 PM PDT by goat granny
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