Friday, October 31, 2008

Mountain lion killed in Santa Ritas not rabid Rabies was not to blame for the strange behavior of a mountain lion that stalked a hiker and his dog last weekend in Madera Canyon, tests show. Following protocol, the Arizona Game & Fish Department tracked and killed the lion Sunday. Officials said the lion's overall preliminary necropsy showed nothing out of the ordinary. "He did appear to be healthy," said Leonard Ordway, Tucson regional supervisor for Game & Fish. A few tests are still pending, Ordway said, but so far nothing explains the lion's unusual behavior. Mountain lions usually keep their distance from humans, said Heidi Schewel, spokeswoman for the U.S. Forest Service in Tucson. That was not the case Saturday, when a man hiking with his dog was stalked in the Santa Rita Mountains, according to Game & Fish....

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