![]() ![]() ![]() The agency said the attack on the runner was likely triggered by the animal's hunting instincts. The mountain lion attack in Larimer happened within a mile of our Horsetooth microwave receive site that we use to send video to The towers - just above the West Ridge Trail - are visible center/right in this drone aerial over the South Bay area of Horsetooth Res. “Mountain lions are ambush predators," he said, adding that the runner could have excited it into a pursuit. John Demboski, curator of mammals at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, echoed those thoughts. "Our veterinarians will take a look to determine if there was any kind of disease, if he was maybe starving, or if it just so happens that as young cat, he was still learning his hunting instincts and unfortunately the trail runner was kind of in the right place at the right time to trigger those instincts," she said. Rebecca Ferrel with CPW said veterinarians will look at the cat's body for more answers. They said the cat tested negative for rabies. The lion, which was less than a year old, was taken to an animal health lab for a necropsy, where officials determined that the animal had indeed died of suffocation. Wildlife officers returned to the area and found the animal's body "within feet of several possessions that the victim asked the officers to look for on the trail," according to CPW. He told authorities that he had researched what to do if a mountain attacked him and that he had suffocated the cat. The man was released from the hospital Tuesday morning, according to The Denver Post. His injuries - including facial lacerations, wrist injuries, scratches and puncture wounds to his arms, legs and back - were described as serious but not life-threatening. ![]() But he was able to fight and break free from the lion, according to CPW.Īfter the attack, the runner, who has not been identified, was able to hike out to safety and drove himself to a hospital, CPW said. The lion lunged at the runner, biting his face and wrist. The man, who is in his 30s, said he heard something behind him while he was running on the trail and was attacked as he turned to investigate. A man running on West Ridge Trail at Horsetooth Mountain Park killed an attacking juvenile mountain lion by suffocating it Monday afternoon, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. ![]()
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