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2008-04-16 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Police Shoot, Kill 150-Pound Cougar on Chicago's North Side

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Posted by 3dc 2008-04-16 10:27|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 But not before she had captured and consumed several handsome young men:

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Posted by Anonymoose 2008-04-16 10:51|| 2008-04-16 10:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Poor kitty-cat. :-(

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-04-16 11:07|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-04-16 11:07|| Front Page Top

#3 It's a shame. It might have taken up to an hour for Animal Control to get there and the police officers really couldn't take the chance that they could corner and hold it.

Cougars in the City? Global ~~Warming~~ Change! Quagmire!

Certainly unsafe for baby ducks and fluffy bunnies.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2008-04-16 13:02|| 2008-04-16 13:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Good background story in the Tribune. They think it came down from South Dakota.
Too bad. Beautiful animal.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-cougar-shot-webapr16,0,1215541.story

Posted by tu3031 2008-04-16 13:30|| 2008-04-16 13:30|| Front Page Top

#5 They made cougars a protected species in California, and now you have the durn critters leaping on joggers in the foothills.

It's always somethin'...

Posted by Chief Running Gag">Chief Running Gag 2008-04-16 15:19|| 2008-04-16 15:19|| Front Page Top

#6 A friend lives in that neighborhood - she said:
"Yes, it was apparently shot half a block away! We weren't at home yet. Man, that is freaky! What do I have to, lock up my balconies because a cougar might get into the house? Weird!!!"

Posted by 3dc 2008-04-16 15:48|| 2008-04-16 15:48|| Front Page Top

#7 What a bunch of wusses. We have cougars come into town several times a year. They eat a dog or two, then wander back up into the mountains. If one decides to stay around for awhile, they're tranked and taken to one of the state's national parks, forests, or other reserves.

The deer have learned to live with traffic, the cougars haven't. Can be messy!

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-04-16 18:02|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-04-16 18:02|| Front Page Top

#8 Where are you OP?

On its way into Chicago's northside, this cat wandered through my neighborhood - several spottings, as well as in a few towns up the tracks. I have been surprised a few times to see coyotes running up and down the tracks just before and after the commuter trains run by - basically a 60 mile long park, 100 feet wide from Wisconsin into the loop - they think this cat came through that way.

Posted by Harcourt Jush7795 2008-04-16 21:23|| 2008-04-16 21:23|| Front Page Top

#9 First time I read it...I saw Moose had already said my thoughts: "But not before she had captured and consumed several handsome young men"....damn, Ima getting slow and busy at work...I hate that

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-04-16 23:08|| 2008-04-16 23:08|| Front Page Top

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