Mountain Lion breaks..........into home

[Ken Sp.]

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/26/4664893...ntain.html

Since this is Mountain Lion Day

DENAIR, Calif. -- Authorities say they have shot to death an 80-pound mountain lion after it took a door off its hinges and broke into a Stanislaus County home.

Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department officials said Thursday that deputies shot the animal while investigating a possible burglary in progress.

They say a homeowner in Denair, near Turlock, called 911 on Sunday morning after hearing a loud crash and commotion coming from inside the house.

Spokesman Royjindar Singh says deputies did not find a burglar, but spotted a female mountain lion hiding in a nearby tree.

Deputies shot the animal after it came out of the tree, deeming it a menace to public safety.

Authorities say the animal was likely trying to get away from the homeowner's dogs and panicked, then broke into the house.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/26/4664893...rylink=cpy

[M>B>]

http://www.kcra.com/news/Mountain-lion-s...index.html

They didn't have to shoot it!

[kap]

M>B> wrote:
http://www.kcra.com/news/Mountain-lion-s...index.html

They didn't have to shoot it!

:agree:

[kap]

kap wrote:
[quote=M>B>]
http://www.kcra.com/news/Mountain-lion-s...index.html

They didn't have to shoot it!

:agree:
"...spotted a female mountain lion hiding in a nearby tree."
"Authorities say the animal was likely trying to get away from the homeowner's dogs and panicked..."

But they shot it anyway :banghead:

[RAMd®d]

They didn't have to shoot it!

Right.

Since Man has been encroaching on it's habitat, the SO should have ignored Fish and Game, and just packed up, leaving Nature to handle the situation, and let the cards fall where they may.

After all, it was just doing what mountain lions do.

[RAMd®d]

But they shot it anyway

Yeah, because cops just wanna have fun.

[bhaveshp]

Woah! I grew up in Turlock and there is no Mountain Lion habitat for at least 30 miles from Turlock.

It's all farmland. I wonder how the cat got there.

But agreed, sad they killed it.

[OWC Jamie]

Don't mountain lions usually break down doors to get into homes ?

:quotes:

[Speedy]

billb wrote:
Don't mountain lions usually break down doors to get into homes ?

:quotes:

Apparently they have the ability to pull hinge pins. I imagine that makes it a lot easier.

[Ironhorse]

Now IF they would have left it in the tree and it mauled someones Poodle or child. Everyone would have been pissin and moaning about that.