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Trooper kills cougar entangled in fence of Eugene area home

By Emily Gillespie

The Register-Guard

Appeared in print: Friday, Jun 25, 2010

A cougar was found caught in a wrought iron fence at a residence near Fern Ridge Lake early Thursday morning. An Oregon State Police trooper shot and killed the injured animal.

State trooper Ed Imholt responded to a call at 8:21 a.m. from Carol Schroeder, who lives on Fir Butte Road near Royal Avenue.

Schroeder, 66, was home alone when she was awakened by a scream about 4 a.m.

�The fence is several feet from my window, and I looked out and saw an animal hanging from the fence like a rag doll. I thought, �That can�t be! I must be seeing things,� � she said.

Though the fence was close, Schroeder had to go get binoculars to confirm what she had seen.

�I couldn�t believe it,� she said.

She went back to bed thinking that maybe the mountain lion would get loose.

After waking up every half hour to check, about 6:30 a.m. she contacted her neighbor, who came over to confirm that it was a wild cat, she said.

Schroeder then called the state police. Imholt, who is the state police fish and wildlife specialist, eventually arrived and consulted with the state wildlife agency about what to do.

Michelle Dennehy, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the leg of an adult male was �impaled by the fence post.�

About 9:45 a.m., Imholt shot the cougar at the agency�s request.

�Even with some kind of treatment, it is likely that (the cougar) would have an infection and suffer. It was the humane thing to do at that point� Dennehy said.

�At that point it really had been stressed, it looked tired. It probably had been hanging there for six hours, if not more,� Schroeder said.

Schroeder, who raises buffalo on her 140-acre property, was not worried about her livestock.

�He�s probably roaming in the fields with the buffalo, is my guess,� she said. The mothers are very protective of their calves, she added.

�It�s sad to see the kind of situation the cougar was in,� she said. �But an injured cougar would be a dangerous cougar.�

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Damn shame it took that long to put it out of it's misery! They are neat critters, but not up close & personal when pizzed, hurt or cornered.

Had a young buck do that last year down the road. Cant stand to see em suffer like that.

Nasty Looking place to "hang-out".

Sad way to go . . . . .

I hate the thought of that cat hanging there for hours though. No reason to let the animal suffer like that.

On my way to take the entrance test for Paramedic school at Daniel Freeman hospital in Inglewood California I saw a large black male impaled on a fence very similar to the one shown above. He was scewered thru his back and out his abdomen....he didn't make it.

Feel bad for the Cat though...

Yeah, its the "beaurocratic/PC fear" we've been conditioned to. If a civilian acted as a good Samaritan and dispatched the lion after the authroities were made aware it, who wants to bet the shooter WOULD NOT have been charged with shooting the 'cat out of season,' and discharging a firearm in city limits? (or a residential area). Sounds like a good argument for 'S-cubed' On a rural ranch or farm the folks would have simply done what needed doing!

Sorry the lion suffered, but at least the population is healthy. Sounds like the lady handled herself well too.

Almost six hours hanging, impaled on a fence.... JFC, what a clusterphuck.

I drove by the place today. That fence goes all the way around the "house compound" and looks like a "Kennel" for her dogs.

The Buffalo are kept in with barbwire.

The area that the Kitty Cat was hanging out is seen as the slight hill in the distance below (directly below the clouds):



The little hill is Fir Butte (center left of screen).

It is forested land surrounded by "Gentleman Farms" on all sides.

Lots of deer and cover for that cat. Don't know why he tried to get over that fence.

BMT

We have lots of cougars around here. Neighbour within spitting distance lost two llamas to one last year.

Its cool to have them around. Unless you got little kids.

BMT

Bison, it's what's for dinner!!

Yes and no, we have llamas and Icelandic sheep. Both make good cougar snacks.

Lots of it around here. A good Buffalo Burger is easy to find.

BMT

Most likely because all of Oregon is overpopulated with cougar since they banned hound-hunting, and Fi-Fi makes an easy snack for the young ones that get pushed out of the deer market.