Monday, February 23, 2009

Mountain Lions In LA Suburb

The LA Times reports:

Police officers shot and killed a mountain lion cub today after it charged officers who surrounded the cat in Santa Paula. MacKinnon said police set up a perimeter and called in officials from the state Department of Fish and Game. Before they arrived, however, a mountain lion cub weighing approximately 40 pounds approached one officer and then turned and ran toward another. "They thought they were in imminent danger," MacKinnon said. "At that point, unfortunately, the mountain lion was shot and killed." MacKinnon said police and Fish and Game officials believe there were five big cats — two adults, a juvenile and two cubs — in the area...

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