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Jared said he filmed the incident on his camera phone and believes the cougar was trying to protect her cubs. A hiker in Utah's Salt Lake City had a terrifying experience with a wild animal when he went out all by himself on the Broads Fork Trail in Big Cottonwood Canyon on 13 May. Jared Smith was hiking without any worry when he suddenly came across a cougar out in the trail. The big cat didn't run away immediately but proceeded to stalk him for five minutes. But Jared stayed calm and kept backpedaling slowly until the cougar gave up...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife recently shared a video of an encounter between a skunk and one of Colorado's deadliest predators with an outcome many wouldn't expect. The video below captures a skunk walking by a mountain lion at night. The clip then cuts to another scene that shows the mountain lion seemingly trying to decide whether or not to pounce on the small creature. The skunk (now seen through the brush on the left side of the clip) bluff charges the lion multiple times as the lion can be seen sinking backward and baring its teeth. Eventually, the skunk wanders...

Defensive Mountain Lion Shooting by Sheriff’s Deputy with AR15 Rifle In the afternoon of 11 January 2021, a family with two small children and two small dogs was walking along the El Dorado bike trail. They were just outside of Placerville, California, on the east side. The trail there is paved. The weather was very good for walking, the sky was clear and the temperature was about 55 degrees F, with a light breeze. The two small children were in a stroller.The couple noticed a mountain lion behind them on the trail. They shouted at the lion. It continued to...

There are very few sightings these days of mountain lions, which once roamed all over the state, but evidence has convinced experts this is the first ever in Dallas County in modern history. For those who have long pooh-poohed the idea of a mountain lion roaming around North Texas, chew on this. A Rowlett woman recently posted on her Facebook page a trail camera video of a mountain lion walking down a dirt road at night. The spooky image showed a big cat with a long tail that touched the ground, a feature that distinguishes it from a bobcat for...

A viral video of a mountain lion has inspired headlines about the cat "stalking" the runner who recorded it. But that's not what the clip shows. By now, you've doubtless seen *that* viral mountain lion video. Shot in Utah, the six-minute clip shows a mountain lion advancing, snarling and batting at the air, as Kyle Burgess, the trail runner holding the camera, slowly backs away down the gravel path. Since first appearing online, the video, titled "Cougar Attack in Utah | Mountain Lion Stalks Me For 6 Minutes!" has appeared in publications from CNN to Newsweek, many of which have...

In a chilling video that’s become popular online, a mountain lion in California has been captured on video watching children while they ride their bikes and play outside. The predatory cat was captured on video when Timothy Kerrisk noticed a large-sized animal crouching outside his home in Pacifica and peering through his front gate. Kerrisk told KRON4 News that he didn’t realize it was a mountain lion until he tried to scare it off. “I thought it was somebody’s dog that had gotten into the yard and I was like, “hey get out of here! then it turned and that’s...

Over the weekend, a Pacifica resident captured video of a mountain lion — possibly a juvenile — crouched in his yard apparently watching children playing on their bikes outside.The big cat can be seen lying at the end of the resident's walkway, peering between the slats of a picket fence gate. Upon hearing something from the doorway of the house (the video has no sound), the cat looks back, gets up, and then jumps over the fence in a different direction, and ends up hiding underneath a car — just like a house cat! The uploader of the video,...

National Park Service officials on Wednesday reported finding a record number of mountain lion dens in the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills during what they’re calling “a summer of kittens.” Five mountain lions gave birth to a total of 13 kittens from May to August 2020, according to a statement from the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. That’s a record number of dens within the time period during the officials’ 18-year-study of mountain lions in the area. The previous record, four dens found across 10 months, was reported in 2015. Jeff Sikich, a wildlife biologist who has been...

A mountain lion cub that was seen roaming the streets of downtown San Francisco before being captured Thursday may have killed several marsupials at the city zoo, officials said. The 50-pound male cougar, believed to be less than 2 years old, was examined at the Oakland Zoo before California Fish and Wildlife officials released it at a wilderness preserve. But on Friday, the San Francisco Zoo revealed that three marsupials were found dead earlier in the week week at their outdoor enclosures. In a statement to KTVU, the zoo said findings suggest the deaths of two wallaroos and a red...

<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>

BAILEY, Colo.- The search for a mountain lion continues after it attacked an 8-year-old boy in Bailey Wednesday night. Colorado Parks and Wildlife says the child was playing on a trampoline in his yard when he heard a friend calling from down the street. As he ran towards his friend's home, the mountain lion pounced, grabbing the boy by the head. The boy's brother was also outside and heard a commotion. He ran to his father and told him something didn't sound right. His father rushed down the street and found the mountain lion on top of his son. The...

LEAVENWORTH, Washington — A cougar attacked a child Saturday evening in a city park in Leavenworth, Washington. The big cat was spotted Saturday afternoon in Enchantment Park and was acting abnormally, according to a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife statement. Officials searched the park for the cougar, but were unable to find it. The city then closed the park. However, around dusk on Saturday the cougar attacked a young boy. The boy’s two dogs fought the cougar, eventually running the big cat off. The boy suffered only minor injuries. “The cougar came out and did attack the child,” said...

A day after a young boy was mauled by at least one cougar outside the family’s home in Lake Cowichan, his parents say their son is expected to make a full recovery. Seven-year-old Zack sustained injuries to his head, neck and arm in the attack, which happened Friday afternoon just outside of town while the boy’s mother was inside. On Saturday, the boy’s father, Kevin Bromley, said his wife ended up saving their son’s life. “She’s beside herself,” he said on the phone from Lake Cowichan Saturday. “If it had been a bigger cougar, it would have been over.” Bromley...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A mountain lion was recently spotted on video from a doorbell camera in northern California over the weekend. The big cat was spotted Sunday morning in Natomas, a small neighborhood just north of Sacramento. Police warned everyone in the neighborhood to stay inside as they tracked it down. The 100-lb mountain lion roamed from backyard to backyard before officials were finally able to tranquilize it. The wildlife team took the cat and will release it back into the wild. Thankfully, no injuries were reported.

The mountain lion a Colorado runner claimed to have killed in January was a young kitten, according to wildlife officials. Travis Kauffman, 31, strangled and bludgeoned the cat to death on Feb. 4 at Horsetooth Mountain Open Space in Larimer County, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said in a necropsy report published by Fox affiliate KDVR. The mountain lion was determined to be around 3 to 4 months old and weighed 24 pounds at the time of its necropsy. The animal was scavenged after its death. Kauffman told reporters earlier this month that he engaged in what was "just like a...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is warning residents of Edwards, Colorado, that 8-10 mountain lions are roaming about their town, and may be dangerous. From cpw.state.co.us: Yamashita says based on the reports he has received from Edwards residents, it appears there are two females in the area, each with a litter of 3 or 4 juvenile lions. “The young lions are nearly full grown, as large or possibly larger than their mother,” said Yamashita. “It appears the female lions are teaching their young to hunt among a human populated area. Considering we are talking about nearly full-grown lions, this is...

This Colorado man fought an Attacking Mountain Lion with his bare hands (Foot) and survived! The 31-year-old runner told reporters that he ran up a nature trail earlier this month near Fort Collins and made his way to the top to take in the sights. But on his way down, he said, he ran into some ice on the trail, so he took a detour and hopped on West Ridge Trail at Horsetooth Mountain Open Space, a 2,700-acre park known for its hiking, biking and horseback riding trails. Moments later, he said, he heard pine needles rustle behind him. Then...

On January 30th, 2019 a woman thought she was stopping a dog fight. She ended up holding a 35-pound juvenile mountain lion instead. From idaho.gov: Early on the morning of Jan. 30 a woman responded to what she thought was a fight between her dog and another dog outside of her Mackay home. As she pulled the two animals apart, she realized that in one hand she held a juvenile, male mountain lion about 35 pounds, and not another dog as she expected.The woman restrained both her dog and the mountain lion while yelling for her husband, who was...

Full Title... "The runner who killed a mountain lion with his bare hands, and a few TWIGS: Jogger displays his injuries and tells how he stabbed the big cat with sticks, wrestled it off and put it in a chokehold with his feet" The Colorado runner who survived a vicious mountain lion attack by wrestling the creature and suffocating it to death is finally speaking out on the life-threatening experience. Travis Kauffman, 31, came forward on Thursday to share how his life flashed before his eyes and he went into fight or flight mode when a mountain lion crept up...

Big cats are dangerous predators. They usually attack from ambush, without warning, often from behind. That happened to a runner in Colorado. But the runner was not listening to music on earbuds or headphones. He heard something. He started to turn around. He saw the lion launching itself at him. Here is the initial report from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. From state.co.us: LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. – Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers, working with Larimer County Department of Natural Resources, are investigating a mountain lion attack on a trail runner using the West Ridge Trail at Horsetooth Mountain Open Space...