Mountain lion hit and killed by car on Albuquerque Westside street

(NewsNM Swickard) Advice on how to deal with a Mountain Lion at the end of the story should include a pistol. What is this "hopefully, the big cat will walk away? If it attacks you or your loved ones, shoot it! Or you can try saying, "Nice kitty." From KOB-TV.com - By Stuart Dyson, KOB Eyewitness News 4 - A young mountain lion met an untimely death on a busy street near residential neighborhoods on Albuquerque's Westside Tuesday. State Game & Fish officer Ross Morgan said the yearling female was prowling neighborhoods all along Unser Boulevard, south of Volcano Vista High School. Morgan said officers planned to track her down and shoot her with a tranquilizer dart and relocate her, but a car found her first. She wound up dead in the median strip on Unser Boulevard, just south of Montano Road. Morgan said. "It probably would have stuck around the neighborhood because of the easy food source, maybe little cats and dogs and then also the rabbits that come into yards. Mountain lions are fierce predators that grow big and ornery. If a mountain lion is seen in residential areas, Game & Fish advise not to approach it, but don't turn and run either. They recommend talking to it in a loud voice, sticking your arms out to the sides to make yourself look bigger and meaner. Hopefully, the big cat will walk away. Read more

Mountain lion hit and killed by car on Albuquerque Westside street