SD predation kill

[Emily]

a cougar threatening a herd of sheep is killed. it was treed by a "small dog"
from the AP:
http://www.keloland.com/News/NewsDetail ... Id=0,67612
03/20/2008
GFP Kills Mountain Lion Near Belle Fourche


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Game, Fish and Parks officers killed a mountain lion that was treed by a dog east of Belle Fourche.

Conservation Officer Bill Eastman said the lion was near a flock of 60 pregnant sheep, four homes and grazing horses and cattle, so it met the criteria of having to be destroyed.

Officers shot the two-year-old male lion Monday afternoon after a small dog forced it up a tree.

There had been several reports the past several weeks from rural Belle Fourche residents of a mountain lion in the area.

The lion's carcass was taken to Rapid City for analysis and will be sent to a laboratory at South Dakota State University to determine its age and genetics.