California Woman Gets Into A Fist Fight With A Mountain Lion Trying To Save Her Dog
BY Herschel Smith
4 years, 11 months ago
From a reader, news from California.
A woman in California made a brave attempt to fight off a mountain lion and save her dog from an attack by punching and elbowing it before trying to pry open its jaws with her hands.
The woman was eventually unsuccessful and the dog died in the attack, according to multiple reports from local news agencies.
Officers arriving at the scene saw the lion eating the dog in the woman’s backyard, before it ran away again into the hills, according to the Ventura County Star.
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Simi Valley police said that a second dog on a walk in the area was also attacked, according to local TV station NBCLA.
Officers believe the attack was made by the same mountain lion.
Earlier this year in February a man in Colorado who was jogging when he was attacked by a mountain lion put up a similarly brave fight.
These are bad animals. So are bears. So are Coyotes (or Coywolves), who have learned to travel in packs and related methods of predation because of wolf and dog DNA.
Trying to fist fight a mountain lion is brave. I’d rather have a large bore handgun.
On December 9, 2019 at 12:06 pm, Lori G said:
We live on a farm in northern Maine, and use pairs of Ovcharkas for farm protection. They fight well in pairs. Each one weights about 160 lbs. We don’t have any problems because of them. They do eat a lot, though, and a gun doesn’t eat nearly as much.
On December 9, 2019 at 12:12 pm, Herschel Smith said:
Wow, that’s a huge dog. But effective, I imagine.
On December 9, 2019 at 5:56 pm, Sanders said:
I think I mentioned before that I and another guy I was with were followed by a “coywolf” and a coyote. I was on a job walk in the eastern foothills of Albuquerque in what they call “open space” where folks walk their dogs and jog. We had walked down a sand wash to check access for my machinery, and when I was satisfied, we turned around to go back the way we came.
We both saw the big, fluffy “coyote” first. Then we saw the Wiley Coyote who was with him. They were following us.
I never felt like I was in any danger, but if I had been, I had the means to remain at the top of the food chain. So did my client.