SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Cedar Fort man shot and killed a mountain lion that was attacking a neighbor’s dog.
KTSU-TV (https://goo.gl/NLFnRl ) reports that Ken Strickland went and got his nephew after seeing the mountain lion attacking his neighbor’s dog Thursday night.
The nephew shot three times at the mountain lion, severely injuring it. The mountain lion limped down the street and died in the yard of a home.
The neighbor’s dog didn’t survive the attack, and the state Division of Utah of Wildlife Resources believes it was the second killed in Cedar Fort recently by a mountain lion.
The other case involving a missing dog whose found tracks and blood.
Strickland says he’s glad the mountain lion is dead because it could have attacked a person.
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Information from: KSTU-TV, https://www.fox13now.com
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