Mountain Lion Slaughters Cats (CA)

Mountain News ^ | May 7, 2009 | Cat Robertson

[jazusamo]

Very doubtful this cougar was 300 lbs. Excerpt from another article:

The largest Mountain Lion ever to be documented weighed 276 pounds, but a Lion of this size is extremely rare.

Mountain Lion

[Pearls Before Swine]

Very doubtful this cougar was 300 lbs.

I'll bet it LOOKED that big, all furious and nasty in the middle of the night.

[steve-b]

I see that their list of suggestions has not been brought to us by any of the letters G, U, or N....

[jazusamo]

I’m sure it did, probably would to me too. :)

[jazusamo]

Cougar Ping!

[Slings and Arrows]

Reason #462 why inside furbabies live longer.

[randomhero97]

Exactly. I'm sure unloading a mag of 180gr Golden Sabers into the big cat would of stopped the attacks.

Hell, no dog would stand a chance with a mountain lion.

[GOP Poet]

Wh in the heck would leave their precious pets out at such an hour, especially in CA. We have all sorts of meat eating animals that come out at night here even in the cities. I have let a previous cat I owned outside (before he was hit by a car at 18 years old) but always brought him in for the night. That is just wrong.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

“This is one mean cat”.

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Baloney, it’s just a bigger cat than they are used to. This is another example of people living in an area without being aware of the reality involved. Send them back to NYC!

[jazusamo]

Typical California...That’ll probably change after another person is attacked by the even incresing population of cougars.

[GOP Poet]

Exactly. My new cats are inside 24/7. We have to play with them more often and make sure they have lots of cat furniture :-) especially around the windows, but it is so worth it after losing my first baby furball to a car. Never again will I let my cats out.

[jazusamo]

I agree and am familiar with this area. It’s mountainous and has been sparsely populated for many years. Towns of Arrowhead, Crestline, Running Springs and Big Bear, it’s been a recreational area for many years and thousands of people use the area winter and summer.

The bigger problem with cougars is in heavily populated areas that abut mountainous areas in So CA. Cougar numbers have increased greatly since they were protected in 1990.

[ezcritter]

We live here in Crestline and sometimes see Mountain Lions and Bears.

Never leave your pets outside.

[Monkey Face]

Whyohwhy do people allow their cats (and dogs) outside at night, in mountainous areas, known for puma populations? Idiocy lives.

No matter where I have lived, my dogs were always walked (never chained during the day) and my cats were never allowed outside, period.

[Monkey Face]

Ditto!!

[jazusamo]

That’s very good advice. That’s a beautiful area but haven’t been there for years, have a sister who had a place there for several years.

[LiberConservative]

Cats ... belong ... indoors.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I moved from town almost 25 years ago because I wanted room, and wanted to live in proximity to wildlife. I reckon I didn’t move far enough.

[Flycatcher]

Maybe I should rethink that buckknife I told you about. It may not be of much help to me if I'm jumped from behind.

Thanks, Jaz, for the ping.

_{But ya got me a little nervous now...}

[TheOldLady]

"Exactly. I'm sure unloading a mag of 180gr Golden Sabers into the big cat would of stopped the attacks."

In California you would be prosecuted for killing a protected species.