A mountain lion chased a jogger in oregon's woodlands on Saturday, and four days later, state and federal wildlife managers joined forces to track down the beast on Wednesday and culled it.
According to the Associated Press, on Saturday in Dunn Forest, Oregon — a forest popular with jogging, walking enthusiasts and mountain bikers — Peter Idema, 68, was on a morning run on a forest trail when he suddenly spotted a small mountain lion approaching him with its ears swinging back, a sign of aggression, according to the Associated Press.
"I stopped shouting at it and tried to make myself look taller," Edma said, "but to no avail, it kept coming closer to me." ”
Edema said he kicked the cougar in the face as it approached and forced it to retreat into the bushes as it tried to get closer again. "It's very abnormal, it has a lot of opportunities to leave, but it doesn't, it keeps approaching, retreating, and it's been following me around."
The two sides were deadlocked until a hiker with two dogs arrived, and the cougar left in mourning.
After receiving the report, wildlife managers from the Oregon Department of Fisheries and Animal Protection and the federal Department of Agriculture have been looking for the misbehaving mountain lion since Saturday, using hunting dogs, pagers (a decoy device that simulates animal screams) and other means. Finally, on Wednesday, its tracks were found and eventually shot. Authorities said the cougar was between one and two years old and was relatively thin, weighing only 75 pounds.
Oregon Fisheries and Animal Protection officials said that for the safety of humans, we must find and kill the mountain lion that exhibited unusual aggressive behavior.
According to the Associated Press, there are about 6,500 mountain lions in the mountain forests within Oregon, and they usually avoid humans. But last year, a mountain lion in the Mount Hood area killed a female hiker, the first time in Oregon history that a mountain lion killed a human in the wild.
The original article is from Seattle Online
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