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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMountain lion shot and killed in Iowa, right before the kids got home from school
Spirited debate about Nebraska's FIRST mountain lion hunt permits from Nov. 1: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023959192
http://www.omaha.com/article/20131207/NEWS/131209025/1685#mountain-lion-shot-and-killed-in-iowa-right-before-the-kids-got-home-from-school
Published Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 8:38 am / Updated at 8:59 am
ROCK VALLEY, Iowa -- A large male mountain lion was shot and killed Friday in a wooded area near Rock Valley, Iowa in Sioux County, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources
The mountain lion was first spotted by a hunter checking his trail camera Thursday evening. When the cat, sitting about 40 yards away, did not move, the man slowly backed away and called a neighbor. Returning to the spot, the men found the mountain lion was still in the same place but walked away from a buck it had recently killed. The men then called Conservation Officer John Sells.
Sells checked the area on Friday afternoon and was able to verify the lion from paw prints and photos on the trail camera. The cat was hidden in the area and did not move until one of the men nearly stepped on it.
Both Sells and another man then shot and killed the mountain lion.
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Mountain lion shot and killed in Iowa, right before the kids got home from school (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Dec 2013
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Puglover
(16,380 posts)1. Oh thank God.
They saved us all.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)2. Well, they probly saved some pugs.
Puglover
(16,380 posts)3. ...
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)4. Yeah, but the lions were here first! They should have eaten the kids! And their parents!
and grandparents! And every other fucking human being they could sniff out!