Re: More Mountain Lions Die

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From: Dan Leo Gildor
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1992 00:37

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In article <1332900085@igc.org> Ed Harrison <harrisone@igc.org> writes:

>A mountain lion killed Saturday by a police officer in Oceanside was one
>of 14 being studied in a joint Fish & Game, County of Orange study by 
>biologist Paul Beier.  
>
>State Fish & Game Department officials and police officers in Oceanside 
>chased the first lion Saturday morning through backyards and across 
>rooftops for more than three hours before it was killed.  After being 
>cornered on a bluff, five officers fired simultaneously, but only 
>wounded the animal.

Just out of curiousity, but why the hell didn't they even try to 
tranquilize the lion and then remove it.  Was death the only way to handle
the situation?

-Dan

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