Mountain Lion Sightings Put Popular Open Space Preserves on South Peninsula, CA on High Alert Three popular open space preserves in a 5-mile span on the South Peninsula near San Francisco, CA are on alert after several mountain lion sightings and a preserve closure. The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District has set up a mountain lion hotline at 650-691-2165, the fastest way to report an incident to a ranger, said Leigh Ann Gessner at MidPen’s […] SnowBrains | September 16, 2019 0 Comments
8-Year-Old Boy Attacked by Mountain Lion in Colorado | ‘Heroic’ Father Saves His Life An eight-year-old boy was bitten on the head by a mountain lion outside his home in Colorado – the third such attack in the state this year. The boy had been playing on a trampoline with his brother at their home in the town of Bailey, 35 miles southwest of Denver, on Wednesday evening when a friend called out to […] SnowBrains | August 23, 2019 0 Comments
Colorado Hunter Survives Mountain Lion Attack by Fighting Back with Pocket Knife Richard Marriott survived an attack by a mountain lion Saturday night near Kremmling, CO fighting back by stabbing the animal with a pocket knife and throwing rocks at it, a spokesman for Colorado Parks and Wildlife said. Related: Colorado Man Killed Mountain Lion with Bare Hands When He was Attacked While Trail Running Richard was reportedly attacked around 9 pm […] SnowBrains | August 20, 2019 0 Comments
Popular Colorado Trail Closed Following Mountain Lion Fight that Left One Animal Dead A popular trail in Jefferson County, CO is closed to hikers and joggers due to mountain lion activity in the area. Colorado Parks and Wildlife says that on Monday, someone found a gravely injured mountain lion on Chavez Trail in the Beaver Brook Trail system. The animal did not survive. Related: Colorado Man Killed Mountain Lion with Bare Hands When He […] SnowBrains | June 26, 2019 1 Comment
Mountain Lion Killed After Suspected Attack on 4-Year-Old Boy Near San Diego, CA Wildlife officers said Tuesday that they killed a mountain lion in a San Diego County nature preserve and will try to determine if it was the animal that injured a 4-year-old boy during a group hike a few hours earlier. The boy was hospitalized following the attack Monday and treated for head injuries that were not life-threatening, California Department of Fish […] SnowBrains | May 31, 2019 1 Comment
Colorado Man Killed Mountain Lion with Bare Hands When He was Attacked While Trail Running Wildlife officials say an unidentified man is recovering in a Fort Collins, CO hospital after he had to kill a mountain lion in self-defense while he was running on a popular mountain trail, reports the Coloradoan. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials said in a release that the man was running alone on the park’s West Ridge Trail when he encountered the […] SnowBrains | February 5, 2019 0 Comments
State Wildlife Officials Trap and Kill 5 Mountain Lions in Colorado Neighborhood After receiving numerous reports of aggressive mountain lion behavior in west Glenwood Springs, Colorado last month, and despite outrage expressed by some concerned residents, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has rid the area of what officials considered to be its most dangerous predators, reports Alex Zorn for the Vail Daily. During January, five mountain lions were trapped and killed in the […] SnowBrains | February 4, 2019 2 Comments
VIDEO: Mountain Lion Strolls Into A Boulder, Colorado Motel [arve url="https://youtu.be/ZqacPRD_9Ew"] SnowBrains | September 19, 2018 7 Likes 3 Tweets 0 Comments
