Mountain lion snatches dog from owners' bedroom
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:07 pm
Not for the Bored's four-footers
Spoiler
By Ann Schrader
The Denver Post
A mountain lion slunk into the master bedroom of an Idledale, Colorado home early Monday, snatched a yellow Labrador retriever and vanished.
Officers are hunting the mountain lion and have set a trap, said Jennifer Churchill, a spokeswoman for the Colorado Division of Wildlife.
"A lion that will brazenly go into someone's bedroom . . . we need to be careful of," Churchill said.
The dog's body was found near the property.
Churchill said the residents had left open the French doors to their bedroom, apparently to cool the house, and didn't have screens.
There were dogs sleeping in the bedroom when the mountain lion entered between 4 and 4:30 a.m.
Idledale, between Morrison and Evergreen along Bear Creek, "is definitely in lion country," Churchill said. "It's not unheard of for unattended or easy-to-get-to pets to be taken by mountain lions in areas from Boulder to Evergreen."
Mountain lions are known to partially eat their kill and then cache it for later meals by covering it with leaves and pine needles, Churchill said.
UPDATE: The mountain lion that slunk into the master bedroom of an Idledale home early Monday and snatched a yellow Labrador has been trapped and killed.
Officials with the Division of Wildlife said the mountain lion was found in a trap set yesterday and was subsequently shot.
The animal was a 130-pound male. A necropsy will be performed in hopes of finding clues about the animal's behavior.
"A lion that will brazenly go into someone's bedroom ... we need to be careful of," said Division of Wildlife spokeswoman Jennifer Churchill.
The dog's body was found near the property.
Churchill said the residents had left open the french doors to their bedroom, apparently to cool the house, and didn't have screens.
There were two dogs sleeping in the bedroom when the mountain lion entered between 4 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. Monday The mountain lion grabbed one.
Idedale, between Morrison and Evergreen along Bear Creek, "is definitely in lion country," Churchill said. "It's not unheard of for unattended or easy-to-get-to pets to be taken by mountain lions in the area from Boulder to Evergreen."
Mountain lions are known to partially eat their kill and then cache it by covering it with leaves and pine needles and will come back later on, Churchill said.
The Denver Post
A mountain lion slunk into the master bedroom of an Idledale, Colorado home early Monday, snatched a yellow Labrador retriever and vanished.
Officers are hunting the mountain lion and have set a trap, said Jennifer Churchill, a spokeswoman for the Colorado Division of Wildlife.
"A lion that will brazenly go into someone's bedroom . . . we need to be careful of," Churchill said.
The dog's body was found near the property.
Churchill said the residents had left open the French doors to their bedroom, apparently to cool the house, and didn't have screens.
There were dogs sleeping in the bedroom when the mountain lion entered between 4 and 4:30 a.m.
Idledale, between Morrison and Evergreen along Bear Creek, "is definitely in lion country," Churchill said. "It's not unheard of for unattended or easy-to-get-to pets to be taken by mountain lions in areas from Boulder to Evergreen."
Mountain lions are known to partially eat their kill and then cache it for later meals by covering it with leaves and pine needles, Churchill said.
UPDATE: The mountain lion that slunk into the master bedroom of an Idledale home early Monday and snatched a yellow Labrador has been trapped and killed.
Officials with the Division of Wildlife said the mountain lion was found in a trap set yesterday and was subsequently shot.
The animal was a 130-pound male. A necropsy will be performed in hopes of finding clues about the animal's behavior.
"A lion that will brazenly go into someone's bedroom ... we need to be careful of," said Division of Wildlife spokeswoman Jennifer Churchill.
The dog's body was found near the property.
Churchill said the residents had left open the french doors to their bedroom, apparently to cool the house, and didn't have screens.
There were two dogs sleeping in the bedroom when the mountain lion entered between 4 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. Monday The mountain lion grabbed one.
Idedale, between Morrison and Evergreen along Bear Creek, "is definitely in lion country," Churchill said. "It's not unheard of for unattended or easy-to-get-to pets to be taken by mountain lions in the area from Boulder to Evergreen."
Mountain lions are known to partially eat their kill and then cache it by covering it with leaves and pine needles and will come back later on, Churchill said.