nativetexan Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Mountain Lion in Bedroom Kills Family Dog Wednesday, August 06, 2008 IDLEDALE, Colorado — A mountain lion crept through an open door into a house outside Denver, snatched a Labrador retriever from a bedroom where two people were sleeping and left the dog's dead body outside, wildlife managers said Tuesday. No one else was hurt in the home about 14 miles southwest of Denver. Wildlife officials later trapped the 130-pound male cat using the dog's body as bait and fatally shot it. Colorado Division of Wildlife spokesman Tyler Baskfield said the cat entered the house through open French doors early Monday and fled with the Labrador after the owners woke up. "The people got up and looked around and saw the mountain lion's tail leaving the house," Baskfield said. Mack and Jacquie Anderson told Denver television stations that their 12-year-old Labrador named Scout was killed by the lion. Another dog sleeping in the room wasn't harmed. Jacquie Anderson said they were awakened by a commotion in the room at around 4:30 a.m. and, when she got up to check what was happening, she realized the big cat was in the bedroom. She exclaimed that there was a mountain lion in the room and she believes that led it to run out the open doors with Scout in its mouth. The dog weighed 72 pounds. The couple said the dogs didn't bark to warn them of the mountain lion. The owners agreed to use the dog's body for bait. Baskfield said mountain lions often stash their kills and return for them later. Although wild animals ranging from raccoons to bears might amble in through open doors and windows, "it is kind of strange for a large predator like that to come that close to the house," Baskfield said. Colorado has an estimated 3,000 to 7,000 mountain lions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Wow! Could you imagine that?! I'm sorry to hear about the poor dog, glad the owners didn't get hurt though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 YIKES !! ... :eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerforged Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 :eek:Holy cripes! At least the people weren't hurt. I feel for them losing one of the family like that. Too close for comfort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 WOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 that's a pretty brazen cat. i wonder why the dogs didn't bark??? maybe too scared...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Brazen alright I wonder what even motivated the cat to do that ? Couldn't have been food, if it left the dog's body outside. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Very strange and scary situation. To bad about the dog but glad the people are ok.. BUT WHY was their DOOR left open??....... I would NEVER leave my door open. Regardless where I live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mark_85 Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 man that's crazy. that cat either had no fear or didn't know better or was just plain hungry and smelt the dogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Strange story, very bold cat. Bet they don't sleep with the doors open anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 :eek: Talk about a close call. At least with a human intruder, you have a chance of them making a mistake and possibly meeting that with equal force. But with a Mtn Lion...good luck. Silent killers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Finn Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 wow... that seems odd...how did it kill one dog while another dog in that room slept? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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