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Woman tries to pry open mountain lion’s jaws to save her dog
Santa Cruz Sentinel / AP ^ | December 5, 2019 | Anonymous

Posted on 12/11/2019 5:25:15 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom

Edited on 12/11/2019 5:56:19 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

A Southern California woman punched a mountain lion Thursday and tried to pry its jaws open to save her dog from an attack in her backyard, officials said.

The unidentified woman suffered a minor cut after the mountain lion attacked her miniature Schnauzer in the city of Simi Valley near Los Angeles, police Sgt. Keith Eisenhour told KNBC-TV.


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Wow, punching a mountain lion. She's lucky that she didn't become lion chow.
1 posted on 12/11/2019 5:25:15 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I hope she’s not in trouble for assaulting the mountain lion. I believe they are protected in California. Women and dogs not so much.


2 posted on 12/11/2019 5:30:36 PM PST by hanamizu
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

That wouldn’t have happened if she had a Bulldog.


3 posted on 12/11/2019 5:30:42 PM PST by sasquatch
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

...and the Brits wonder why we treasure our guns...


4 posted on 12/11/2019 5:31:14 PM PST by Does so (.Democrats only believe in democracy when they win the election...)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The lady appears to hungry (ribs showing) and sick. She has been around the area for the last day or so.


5 posted on 12/11/2019 5:32:38 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

So very sad.

This brave woman lost a beloved friend. I’d go to bat for my kitty too, but then I do have the right equipment....problem is, it might not be close enough if mountain lion came into the yard and launched a quick attack. Who could anticipate that?


6 posted on 12/11/2019 5:34:34 PM PST by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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To: hanamizu

LA Woman? She probably voted to protect the mountain lions. She made her bed. All stories should contain political affiliation of the participants.


7 posted on 12/11/2019 5:35:31 PM PST by Dr. Pritchett
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Sorry for the woman’s tragic loss. Folks, watch your heartless comments.


8 posted on 12/11/2019 5:37:03 PM PST by Professional
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To: Dr. Pritchett

This is in Simi Valley, not LA. They are worlds apart.


9 posted on 12/11/2019 5:38:03 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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Wow, punching a mountain lion. She's lucky that she didn't become lion chow

Correct.

The smart thing to do would be to stay in the house and call 911.

If you decide not to do the smart thing and don’t have a firearm the next smartest thing to do is take a flay knife (which every kitchen knife set has but few people ever use, so it is most likely still sharp) and cut the tendons behind the lion’s jaw to release the dog.

I can’t fathom why the cat stayed in the yard and just didn’t grab the dog and run back into the woods.

10 posted on 12/11/2019 5:38:43 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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I pry jaws open with my Walther. It’s like American Express I don’t go anywhere without it.


11 posted on 12/11/2019 5:42:05 PM PST by Equine1952 (( You can die on your feet or live down on your knees. You can not do both. Freedom Is not Fr)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Its mouth was full, she could have whacked it in the head with a pitching wedge. In Texas they get shot.


12 posted on 12/11/2019 5:43:35 PM PST by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: 17th Miss Regt

The woman, or the mountain lion?


13 posted on 12/11/2019 5:45:08 PM PST by Hugh the Scot ("Jesus was a fundamentalist".- BipolarBob)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Never take just finger nails to a cat fight.

She should have been packing a .357 at least around her place in cat country.

(Its been warm here. A bear came out of hibernation and is wandering around at night. The 12 gauge Nova pump loaded with 7 x slugs is near at hand.)

Wish she knew her territory and had the will to be packin’.


14 posted on 12/11/2019 5:50:08 PM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obam_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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Well at least she gets to bury the dog. She would have felt much worse if the last time she saw her dog it was being carried away by the lion. They need to find the lion and put it down but of course this is Cali so maybe not.


15 posted on 12/11/2019 5:54:38 PM PST by KirbDog
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Gibb’s Rule #9. Everywhere. Always.
Learn it, live it, love it.

Spyderco Manix 2.
Maxamet steel.
Wicked Sharp!

Let go of my dog.

16 posted on 12/11/2019 6:00:34 PM PST by GBA (Here in the matrix, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.)
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To: Hugh the Scot

The critter. No tracking beacon either.


17 posted on 12/11/2019 6:02:37 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: sasquatch

https://charterfirearms.com/collections/bulldog


18 posted on 12/11/2019 6:02:43 PM PST by sasquatch
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Nice pry bar.


19 posted on 12/11/2019 6:10:26 PM PST by Equine1952 ((You can die on your feet or live down on your knees. You can not do both. Freedom Is not Free))
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Paywall.


20 posted on 12/11/2019 6:12:13 PM PST by lee martell
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