A woman was discovered dead Thursday on a mountain climbing path in northern Colorado, in what authorities imagine to be a uncommon deadly mountain lion attack.
Hikers on the Crosier Mountain path in Larimer County noticed a mountain lion close to an individual mendacity on the bottom round 12:15 p.m., in line with Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
The hikers drove the animal away by throwing rocks earlier than discovering the sufferer had no pulse.
“Mountain lion attacks in Colorado are considered to be very rare,” CPW spokesperson Kara Van Hoose stated at a information convention. While 28 earlier assaults have been reported to CPW since 1990, the final deadly attack was in 1999, the company stated.
The Larimer County coroner is predicted to launch the sufferer’s identification and reason behind demise, Van Noose stated.
CPW, which is main the investigation, stated officers shot at a lion on the scene, and later tracked and euthanized it. Another lion in the world was additionally euthanized by officers.
Wildlife concerned in assaults on people have to be euthanized for public security, CPW stated. The animals might be examined for human DNA to find out whether or not they have been chargeable for the attack and also will be examined for any abnormalities or neurological illnesses like rabies and avian influenza.
Colorado is residence to an estimated 3,800 to 4,000 mountain lions with populations rising since they have been labeled as an enormous sport species in 1965, in line with CPW’s website.
Living principally in brushy areas and woodlands in low elevation, the animals largely prey on deer and elk.
CPW advises anybody who encounters a mountain lion to make noise, maintain objects overhead to look greater and slowly again away.