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Mountain
lions occasionally cause conflicts by attacking humans and pets. Although attacks
on humans are rare, Paul Beier, in a 1991 Wildlife Society Bulletin article, reported
9 cougar attacks that resulted in 10 human deaths and at least 44 nonfatal attacks
in North America between 1890 and 1990. Most victims (64%) were children. A mountain
lion attacked and killed a 10-year old boy in Rocky Mountain National Park and
another lion attacked and injured a 4-year old boy in Mesa Verde National Park
in 1997. An 18-year old jogger was killed by a mountain lion near Idaho Springs
in 1991. Mountain lions also kill a number of domestic sheep each year and occasionally
attack calves and llamas in Colorado
For information on biology and ecology
of mountain lions and reducing conflicts if you live in lion country, or come
in close contact with a lion, see the following Colorado Division of Wildlife
bulletin: For information on
reducing mountain lion predation on livestock, see the following chapter on carnivores
in the book RANGELAND WILDLIFE, published by the Society for Range Management.
Carnivores For
additional information on use of livestock guarding dogs for deterring mountain
lion predation on domestic sheep, see the following Colorado State University
Extension Bulletin: Livestock
Guard Dogs, Llamas, and Donkeys Additional
information:
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