A young mountain lion chased up a tree by dogs in Cañon City on Tuesday morning was tranquilized by Colorado wildlife officers and taken to a rehabilitation center.
The female kitten, about nine months old and 40 pounds, is about the same age and size of a lion that attacked a jogger near Fort Collins, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials said. The young lion that attacked the jogger in February was killed by the jogger.
Joined by Technician Jay Adamic and two Fremont County Sheriff Deputies, CPW Officer Bob Carochi tranquilized the lion kitten with a dart and loaded it into a pet carrier. Then they took it to nonprofit Wet Mountain Wildlife Rehabilitation in Wetmore.
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The cat in Cañon City was spotted at about 7 a.m., wildlife officials said.
Jay Adamic, a CPW technician, and Bob Carochi, a wildlife officer, responded to the backyard along with two Fremont County sheriff’s deputies. The lion was tranquilized with a dart, removed from the tree and loaded into a pet carrier. The lion was taken to the non-profit Wet Mountain Wildlife Rehabilitation center in Wetmore.
No other lions were found in the area, officials said.
Reports of a kitten in a tree at 7 a.m. Tuesday didn't bring firefighters to the rescue. officer Bob Carochi responded to the Canon City home because this kitten was a mountain lion. It had been chased up the tree by dogs in the yard.
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