Here Kitty: Cop Expects House Cat, Gets Cougar

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A tranquilized mountain lion lies in a transportation wagon at Casper's Wyoming Game and Fish Department
office after being captured in the backyard of a home near downtown Casper, Wy.

(AP Photo/ Star-Tribune, Dan Cepeda)









                                            Here, kitty: Cop expects house cat, gets cougar






Sept. 30, 2008
Yahoo News
 
CASPER, Wyo. - A police officer didn't think much of a call to shoo off a bothersome "kitty cat" at a Casper home on Monday. But after the officer arrived at the home, he ran for cover after seeing a male mountain lion weighing 80 to 90 pounds.
 
Beverly Hood said she was inside when she first saw the mountain lion lying on her porch Monday. Hood said the lion hissed at her, but she wasn't scared.

She called 911, animal control and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and reported that she had a bothersome "big cat." A dispatcher told Officer Mike Ableman that it was a house cat.

A game warden tranquilized the mountain lion and the animal was relocated.

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Information from: Casper Star-Tribune - Casper, http://www.casperstartribune.net