A Haitian mountain lion?
Field expediency. You use what you have at hand to get the job done.
Brings a new meaning to the three ‘S’s’
If only we had “Sensible Shovel Laws” the lions would still be alive (and well fed)
Wonder if he’ll be eligible for parole.
If he’d done this in California, he would have been arrested.
He forgot the old adage: Shoot, Shovel, SHUT UP.
We need shovel control. That would put a stop to SSS!
Do it for the children!
“Because the man suffered no injuries and was never touched by the lion, this incident does not qualify as a mountain lion attack under CPW guidelines,” the agency states.
LOL You have to let it mame you in order for it to be called an attack. Sound like liberal policy.
Unless this lion was crippled I find it very difficult to envision landing a solid blow with a flat head shovel on a moving cat to kill it. They have an 18 foot vertical jump with reflexes like lightning.
There’s more to the story....
FTA: When the dog “enraged” the mountain lion, the man grabbed a shovel....
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I guess the lion became enraged when the dog engaged it.....
#proofreadinghelps
So you have to let the lion gnaw you for a bit before defending yourself.
“The mountain lion had apparently suffered previous wounds, including an injury to its front right paw and scratches on its back.”
So a mountain lion with a stubbed toe and “scratches” on his back is so much easier to kill, you can do it with a shovel.
With those MINOR injuries, why would the writer ASS UME the lion was starving?
A hammer is a devastatingly deadly weapon. For defense, I’ll take a hammer over a knife anytime. One blow to the head you are saved. Two or three more, the attacker is DEAD!