Posted on 10/10/2007 8:38:12 AM PDT by george76
Mother-in-law of shooter says he had no choice but to shoot.
A man who shot and killed a mountain lion last week in defense of his puppy should face criminal charges in the incident for "baiting" the animal, a wildlife-advocacy group said Tuesday.
Wendy Keefover-Ring, director of the Boulder-based Sinapu Carnivore Protection Program, said state prosecutors should cite Jeremy Kocar for baiting the mountain lion by leaving his dog tied up outside overnight.
Kocar also should face charges of shooting a cougar out of hunting season, which runs Nov. 20 through March 31, shooting without a hunting license and animal cruelty for leaving the puppy out without the protection of a covered kennel, Keefover-Ring said.
"I think it's absolutely negligent," Keefover-Ring said. "If you're living in mountain-lion country, it's common sense that you don't tether a dog outside.
"He needs to be made an example of."
Kocar, 31, killed the big cat early Friday morning after discovering Duke, his family's 8-month-old Rottweiler-Labrador mix, trapped in the cougar's jaws outside his Nederland-area trailer.
Kocar said the cougar turned toward him and took an aggressive posture, prompting him to fire a round at the cougar's head.
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“I’m from Wisconsin — and we take care of things there,” ...
It’s not cool to leave dogs chained up outside at any time of the day or night.
Wendy Keefover-Ring
He should have shot her first. That would be real self defense.
And there is nothing at all wrong with leaving a dog chained outside.
They didn’t evolve in the living room.
Hold it! Is this guy nuts? What would you expect in mountain lion country?
Tying a dog out, as cruel as it seems, it not “baiting.” It’s just tying the dog out. Doubt if there was intent to shoot the dang mountain lion other than in defense of one’s property.
Apparently the lion got shot when it turned on the guy ?
“Boulder” ‘nuf said.
Apparently a hunting license is required for such an action to be legal. Unbelievable.
That lion will never come back for his kids.
but Jon Benet’s killer still run free.
Yes, so if it turned on the guy how was the guy "baiting?" If the guy was actually "baiting" he would have shot the lion as it walked up to the puppy? Why even use a puppy? Why not a steak?
Animal whack-jobs make me barf.They'll go after a person for this and then turn around and murder animals in a kennel or enclosure that they are supposedly keeping safe.
Perhaps it's not deliberate 'baiting', but it certainly is stupid. Puppies cannot defend themselves against much of anything, let alone mountain lions.
One area resident, who didn’t want to be named in this story, speculated that the slain lion was responsible for killing a man’s pet miniature horse in the Nederland area Sept. 2 and a couple’s 60-pound Australian shepherd in Nederland on Sept. 27.
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Our hunting dogs have lived outside (with shelter) and inside for years. Both are gone now, after long, happy lives; we haven’t decided whether to get more, as we don’t hunt as much as we used to when our boys were still here at home.
A coyote could’ve attacked any of them over the years, and my FIL’s dog WAS in a dust-up with coyote a number of years ago and survived it, though with numerous stitches and a new-found respect for coyotes, LOL!
I guess according to this dopey author, I’m eeeeeeeeevil because I dispatched the raccoon that killed five of my chickens? Piffle!
Get out of the office once in a while, Sweetheart. There’s a whole ‘Big, Bad Natural World’ out there that you can only imagine. And it’s more vicious and heartless than any ‘bleeding-heart scenario’ you can cook up, LOL!
Perhaps it's not deliberate 'baiting', but it certainly is stupid. Puppies cannot defend themselves against much of anything, let alone mountain lions.
Well, we can't blame a guy for his stupidity now can we? /sarc. ;)
Here in Michigan we're having trouble with coyotes killing pets. I wouldn't tie a dog out in the day time if I lived in a rural area or on the edge of a city.
5.56mm
However,he failed to observe the golden rule.
SHOOT-SHOVEL-SHUT UP.
“It’s not cool to leave dogs chained up outside at any time of the day or night”
Why? Is it only appropiate to bring them inside and let them crawl into bed with you?
yes dogs need exercise and should not be left on chain all the time. Keeping them on a proper chain is not cruel. No more cruel then keeping them in a small kennel.
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