CPW Officers Bitten When Tranquilized Mountain Lion Awakes
CAÑON CITY, Colo. (CBS4) - Colorado Parks and Wildlife Officers were called Wednesday to get a mountain lion out of a tree in a Canon City neighborhood. It didn't go as planned.
An adult male mountain lion picked a bad day to run up a tree in a #CanonCity neighborhood south of the Arkansas River, @COParksWildlife's Area 13 staff was assembled for a meeting nearby and raced to the scene. The cat didn't go easy. (To be continued) pic.twitter.com/nKLVJKXUnU
— CPW SE Region (@CPW_SE) May 8, 2019
The adult mountain lion was spotted in a neighborhood south of the Arkansas River before it ran up a tree.
Parks and Wildlife staff quickly tranquilized it and lowered it to the ground using a Black Hills Energy bucket truck.
Alerted to a mountain lion in Canon City, @COParksWildlife staff quickly tranquilized it & lowered it to the ground using a Black Hills Energy bucket truck. But the cat awoke, hissing, fighting & biting 2 officers before being subdued. It was put in a bear trap & was relocated. pic.twitter.com/FSfpuATvTx
— CPW SE Region (@CPW_SE) May 8, 2019
CPW SE Region posted to their Twitter page saying "the cat awoke, hissing, fighting & biting 2 officers before being subdued."
The cat was put in a bear trap and relocated.
Parks and Wildlife says the officers will be fine and by quickly getting the lion into a bear trap they were protected from serious injuries.
On Thursday, officials posted of video of the mountain lion being released in the mountains southwest of town.
WATCH the rest of the story of the #CanonCity mountain lion that was treed, #rescued by @COParksWildlife staff but awoke and managed to bite two officers before being put in a bear trap. It was released this morning in mountains southwest of town. pic.twitter.com/G7wkkzmuo6
— CPW SE Region (@CPW_SE) May 9, 2019