California residents searching for their lost pets might not have to look any further than the nearest mountain lion.
The state does everything in its power to protect wildlife, but sometimes seems not to consider the effect it has on people and other animals.
Read the full report on this disturbing trend, as told by Field & Stream.
Though mountain lion numbers in California are strong, they remain a protected species in the state; the study examined the stomach contents of 83 cougars killed under special depredation permits. Though the study conclusively finds that 52 percent of the lions had eaten cats, dogs, or other domestic animals, it also says that 9 percent didn’t have anything in their stomachs at the time and that 18 percent had stomach contents too digested to identify. If these contents were also domestic animals, then upwards of 60 percent of the lions may have consumed pets… [continued]
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