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Colo. mountain lion snatches dog from sleeping owners' bedroom, leaves pet's dead body outside
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Last update: August 5, 2008 - 6:14 PM
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The people in home where at fault for their dog being killed due to the fact that the door was left open in that area. But... You have to ? read more terminate the big cat after something like that. You do not want a repeat and have a small child taken and killed. You could fine the people for forcing the officials hand in killing the big cat but I think that the loss of their dog is enough.
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IDLEDALE, Colo. - 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. Officials didn't know how many other people were 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.
He declined to release the homeowners' names.
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
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Last update: August 5, 2008 - 6:14 PM
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The people in home where at fault for their dog being killed due to the fact that the door was left open in that area. But... You have to ? read more terminate the big cat after something like that. You do not want a repeat and have a small child taken and killed. You could fine the people for forcing the officials hand in killing the big cat but I think that the loss of their dog is enough.
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IDLEDALE, Colo. - 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. Officials didn't know how many other people were 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.
He declined to release the homeowners' names.
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
