THE first cougar seen in the "Bluegrass State" state Kentucky since before the 1861-1865 American Civil War has had his fate promptly decided.


The cougar - known as a mountain lion in America - was once native toKentucky. A young male was spotted up a tree on a farm in Bourbon County. The farmer promptly called Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, [b]who arrived and shot the cougar dead.
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[/b]Simondo here - What the Hell!
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Mark Marraccini, a spokesman for the department, said the animal had been in a tree by a barking dog and an officer decided it was best to "dispatch it", The Courier-Journal reported.He said the officer shot the cat because it was getting dark and the animal might slip away and threaten people in the nearby city of Paris, population 8553 in a 2010 census."If that cat had left that tree, it would have disappeared into the brush and it was a fairly populated area," said Marraccini, who said it would have taken several hours and it would have been dark before a state veterinarian could retrieve the tranquilliser from her safe and get it to the scene, had officials taken that route."It sounds good but it's pretty impractical," said Marraccini, who said the officer who shot the cat made the right call."That's the way the officers deemed to handle it and I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be handled that way," he said.