{"id":4953,"date":"2016-08-13T11:06:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T18:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/?p=4953"},"modified":"2025-11-20T11:08:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T19:08:29","slug":"cool-cat-kills-pony-says-department-of-fish-and-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/2016\/08\/13\/cool-cat-kills-pony-says-department-of-fish-and-wildlife\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool Cat Kills Pony says Department of Fish and Wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>400-pound pony found dead in community of Auburn Lake Trails. \u00a0California Department of Fish and Wildlife warden later determined that it was a mountain lion.<\/p>\n<p>[Image &#8212;\u00a0<em>Big Cats On Prowl in Georgetown: Tami Sutton posted this picture on &#8220;\u200eWhat&#8217;s happening on the Divide?&#8221; a facebook website dedicated to events and happenings on the Georgetown Divide.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>The 400-pound pony was found dead Tuesday morning in the community of Auburn Lake Trails, the property owners association said in an email sent out to residents. \u00a0A state biologist initially thought a bear attacked the horse, but a California Department of Fish and Wildlife warden later determined that it was a mountain lion.<\/p>\n<p>A federal tracker went out to the area Thursday to track the mountain lion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The cat took down a 400 pound pony quickly and probably will not hesitate to take down a smaller animal or person,&#8221; the association said. \u00a0People are warned to be careful with animals and children and to be aware of their surroundings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to do if you encounter a mountain lion; often known as cougars, pumas or panthers, to protect yourself and your children from a fatal attack.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you spot a mountain lion while out in the wilderness, awareness of a mountain lion&#8217;s proximity to you, and its behavior, may save you from a potentially dangerous situation if you are prepared to respond appropriately.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mountain Lion Proximity and Behavior<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you see a mountain lion:<\/p>\n<p><strong>-100 yards away or more that is unattentive to you;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Avoid rapid movements, running, loud, excited talk.<\/li>\n<li>Stay in groups; keep children with adults.<\/li>\n<li>Probability of risk is slight, provided your response is appropriate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>-50 yards away with its ears up and attentive to you;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hold small children; keep older children close to an adult.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do not turn your back<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Look for sticks, rocks or other weapons and keep them at hand.<\/li>\n<li>Watch the cat at all times.<\/li>\n<li>Probability of attack is slight for adults given proper response.<\/li>\n<li>Probability of attack is serious for unaccompanied children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>-less than 50 yards away, staring intensely at you, or hiding;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All of the above steps, plus place older children behind adults.<\/li>\n<li>Seek a safer location, or one above the lion, if available.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do not run<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Appear larger. Raise arms, objects, or jackets above your head.<\/li>\n<li>Prepare to defend yourself.<\/li>\n<li>Probability of attack is substantial.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>-intensely staring, crouching and\/or creeping toward you;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take all the above actions.<\/li>\n<li>Moving slowly, position trees, boulders or other large objects between yourself and the lion.<\/li>\n<li>Do not lose sight of the lion.<\/li>\n<li>Smile! Show your teeth. (A woman attacked at Cuyamaca Rancho State Park may have saved herself by baring her teeth, growling and staring the lion down as it approached her).<\/li>\n<li>Make loud, menacing sounds, like yelling and growling.<\/li>\n<li>Throw things if the lion is close enough to hit.<\/li>\n<li>Use lethal weapons if you have them.<\/li>\n<li>Pepper spray may be effective if lion is downwind and close enough.<\/li>\n<li>Probability of risk is serious if within 200 yards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>-poised to attack;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prepare to defend yourself in close combat<\/li>\n<li>Fight back.<\/li>\n<li>Make menacing noises.<\/li>\n<li>Keep eye contact with the cat.<\/li>\n<li>Act aggressively toward the lion.<\/li>\n<li>Use a stick to charge the lion, thrusting the stick toward its face.<\/li>\n<li>No stick? Yell loud and run toward the lion with arms high.<\/li>\n<li>Stay beyond striking distance of its paws.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;\u00a0<a id=\"Points\" name=\"Points\"><\/a>Points to Remember\u00a0&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ALWAYS keep children in your sight<\/strong>, and preferably in reach.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Group together<\/strong>\u00a0so you&#8217;ll be less interesting as potential prey.<\/li>\n<li>Without kneeling, pull a small child up on your shoulders to\u00a0<strong>appear larger<\/strong>, to keep the cat from herding its target from the group, and to keep the child from running.<\/li>\n<li>Gather older children closely around you.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do not allow children to wander<\/strong>\u00a0far from adults.<\/li>\n<li>Instruct children to\u00a0<strong>fight back<\/strong>\u00a0if attacked.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Instruct children not to run, crouch or turn their backs<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The high pitched voices, rapid movements and small size of children may attract a nearby lion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Campsite\" name=\"Campsite\"><\/a><strong>Campsite Safety<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Do not feed<\/strong>\u00a0deer, raccoons or other animals that are common lion prey.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do not leave pet food out<\/strong>\u00a0where other wildlife has access to it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Avoid early morning, dusk and night excursions<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Call your destination<\/strong>\u00a0ahead of time to inquire about lions in the area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>400-pound pony found dead in community of Auburn Lake Trails. \u00a0California Department of Fish and Wildlife warden later<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","darknews-slider-full":"","darknews-featured":"","darknews-medium":"","darknews-medium-square":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"News MoLo","author_link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/News\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4953"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4954,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4953\/revisions\/4954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}