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Eva relaxes in a puddle in 2020.

Eva, the hero dog, beats back a mountain lion that attacked her owner on a hike

May 21, 2022
Erin Wilson recounts how her dog saved her from a mountain lion attack while she hiked along a river in remote Northern California. Eva the Belgian Malinois is recovering.
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Mountain Lion Caught, Relocated From West Las Vegas Neighborhood

Apr 02, 2021

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Game wardens responding to a report of a mountain lion chased by coyotes in suburban Las Vegas found the cat in a tree, captured it and released it in a remote area.

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Mountain Lion Spotted In Las Vegas Neighborhood

Feb 08, 2021

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas neighborhood has been alerted that a mountain lion was seen in the area over the weekend.

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Travis Kauffman responds to questions during a news conference Thursday about his encounter with a mountain lion while running a trail just west of Fort Collins, Colo., this month.

Man Who Suffocated An Attacking Mountain Lion Describes Fight For His Life

Feb 15, 2019
Travis Kauffman, 31, was halfway through his run in the foothills outside Fort Collins, Colo., when he heard rustling behind him. He soon found himself in a struggle to survive.
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A mountain lion leaps from a rock in this file photo. A man in Colorado successfully defended himself from a mountain lion attack while he was jogging on a trail Monday.

Colorado Runner Kills Mountain Lion In Self-Defense

Feb 05, 2019
The man heard something behind him as he was jogging alone on a trail. As he turned, the lion lunged.
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What To Do If You Run Into A Bear

Sep 10, 2018

Lake Tahoe is home to lots of large, predatory animals. Lion, tigers, bears… okay, well not tigers.

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A mountain lion — not this one — is suspected of making off with a 15-pound Portuguese Podengo in the middle of the night in Pescadero, Calif.

'Shadow Of An Animal' Sneaks Into Woman's Bedroom And Snatches Dog

Apr 18, 2017
A California woman was woken up at 3 a.m. to see an animal that authorities suspect was a mountain lion making off with her Portuguese Podengo through her bedroom's open French doors.
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The Colorado boy was attacked by a mountain lion (though not this particular animal, photographed by the National Park Service in California's Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area).

Colorado Mother Fights Off Mountain Lion To Save Her Son

Jun 19, 2016
A Colorado woman managed to fight off a mountain lion that was attacking her 5-year-old son. During the harrowing rescue, she reportedly reached into the cat's jaws to free her child's head.
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The Secret, Social Lives Of Mountain Lions

Mar 31, 2016
Mountain lions are known to be scary lone hunters, but a biologist aims to prove us wrong with thousands of videos showing the big cats in their natural habitat.
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The LA Zoo didn't have a photo of Killarney on file — this is a different koala of theirs — but, you know, it's a good reminder that koalas are pretty cute.

LA's Famous Mountain Lion Suspected In Koala Killing

Mar 11, 2016
A koala in the LA Zoo was mauled to death last week. Zookeepers have named a possible culprit: P-22, a mountain lion living in Griffith Park, was caught on zoo surveillance cameras the night before.
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The mountain lion known as P-22 is seen in Los Angeles' Griffith Park in November 2014. He hid out for a time in the crawl space of a Los Angeles home.

Mountain Lion That Hid Out Under LA Home Appears To Have Left

Apr 14, 2015
P-22, as the mountain lion is known, typically lives in Los Angeles' Griffith Park. Attempts to dislodge him from under a home Monday failed.
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Why Did The Mountain Lion Cross The Road? To Breed

Jan 26, 2015
In Los Angeles' Griffith Park, there is a mountain lion known as the "Hollywood Lion." The big cat — known as P22 to ecologists — somehow made it across...
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