Dogs track down lionAnimal bit 7-year-old boy walking with dad just west of Boulder

Rocky Mountain News ^ | April 17, 2006 | Julie Poppen

[iPod Shuffle]

Kim Bauer survived a Mountain Lion attacked.

[Billthedrill]

A necropsy on the lion is scheduled for later this week to determine whether the animal had a disease or illness that might have played a role in the attack, Baskfield said.

I'm thinking "appetite" is more likely. A 90-lb cat is a BIG cat...

[HairOfTheDog]

Appetite is most likely, although it's good for the kid to rule out rabies.

[HairOfTheDog]

Just a couple'a hounds... not the ones in the article...

Ping!

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[muir_redwoods]

""The family did everything right in terms of defending the child," Baskfield said. "They used rocks and sticks and screamed at the cat."

Why didn't Dad just pull out his handgun and shoot the animal? Certainly no responsible parent would be walking his child without being properly armed would he?

Oh, Colorado, ........ never mind

[yellowdoghunter]

Why didn't Dad just pull out his handgun and shoot the animal? Certainly no responsible parent would be walking his child without being properly armed would he?

That was my first thought also. Along with the bear attack the other day where that child was killed. No one had a gun???? Out in the wilderness with no protection?

I hope some parents learn from this.

[girlangler]

Now them there's some nice hounds.

[HairOfTheDog]

They seemed honest enough for the thread ;~D

[AnAmericanMother]

Here ya go --

Those hounds are fearless fellas.

[OldPossum]

To begin with, I wouldn't go out where mountain lions might be. They tend to hunt folks, you see. That's Rule #1. But if I was so unthinking as to disobey Rule #1, I would adhere to Rule #2, which is: pack a firearm sufficient to save my butt if attacked.

I have a niece who works for the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska, and when she is on the job and out in the woods, she always packs at least a .44 magnum revolver. There be grizzlies and other critters that have big teeth in them there woods, you see.

[girlangler]

I agree with that. I spend lots of time out in isolated areas, and have learned that it is better to be safe than sorry.

I am not in mountain lion country, and wouldn't care being in that setting. But, I'd be sure to have the means necessary to protect myself.

[Slings and Arrows]

Bad Kitty! ping.

[beaversmom]

In July 1997, 10-year-old Mark Miedema, of Lakewood, was attacked and killed in Rocky Mountain National Park as he ran ahead of his family.

In October 1999, 3-year-old Jaryd Atadero disappeared west of Fort Collins while on a hike. Officials investigating the case suspect that he was killed by a mountain lion.

I remember these two cases. Jaryd's was particularly sad because they never found any part of him--just some clothes a few years later if I'm remembering correctly.

[beaversmom]

Here's the timeline of events regarding Jaryd Atadero mentioned in the article:

http://www.windsortribune.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=746

Oct. 2, 1999 — Three-year-old Jaryd Atadero of Littleton vanishes during a hike on a trail in the Comanche Peak Wilderness Area west of Fort Collins.

Oct. 8 — Authorities call off the search after finding no trace of the boy in hiking area or nearby Poudre River.

Oct. 12 — Independent trackers find hand and footprints, but authorities say no conclusive links to Jaryd.

October 2000 — President Clinton signs bill dedicating the trail to Jaryd.

June 5, 2003 — Hikers find boy’s fleece pullover, pants and shoes on a mountain slope several hundred feet from the trail where he was last seen.

June 10 — Larimer County authorities say evidence suggests Jaryd was attacked by an animal, possibly a mountain lion.

[girlangler]

Thanks for the links and info.

We need to remind others, every time outsiders like the Humane Society of the U.S. tries to outlaw hunting, that there are a lot of fakes out there -- the first and most effective conservationists are the ones closest to the land.

I'd like to see PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk set out in mountain lion or bear country, and watch her commune with the animals.

[glock rocks]

Oh, Colorado, ........ never mind

Huh? Colorado is shall-issue. OTOH, these folk were from D.C. visiting their college son. Sticks and stones I guess.

[U S Army EOD]

When I lived in Nebraska in 1973 there was an incident where a mountain lion attacked a young child while people were camping. In came into a travel trailer and grabbed a two year old. The child's grandmother jumped on the lion and stabbed it with a kitchen knife. Although she stabbed it many times, officers a the scene feel she probably killed it on the first stroke which hit it in the heart. The lion went down on the first stroke but she just kept at it. The child was not badly injured

[muir_redwoods]

"Huh? Colorado is shall-issue."

Yes it is and if you can find a native Coloradan he would probably know better than to play amongst the lions unarmed. Colorado is, however, filling up with granola-greenies from all over and they seem to think ill of firearms.

[girlangler]

That's one tough grandmother, like mine were.

It's surprising what one can do when they are scared.