A Sonoma County family said a mountain lion killed two animals on their property and then attacked their dog.
During that time, she said the mountain lion killed two goats in their barn.
Kracker said State Fish And Wildlife gave her guidance, and a local animal group Living With Lions told her it has been tracking this 16-year-old lion.Two days later, a trapper connected with the wildlife agency came and killed the lion.“I feel like I was protecting the community by putting this animal out of her misery,” she said. “She was not fit to live in the wild anymore without teeth.”
Living With Lions agreed. It said on its Facebook post that while sad, “lethal removal” was the “right course of action”, pointing out the lion’s age as well as declining health accounted for its unusual behavior of feeding exclusively on livestock and putting herself near humans.
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