I must say, this wave of felid deaths seems beyond coincidence. Received, another escapee felid shooting report.
John Lutz sends this along,
“Back during the summer of 2006, a ‘maned lion’ was reported in southern Mononglahia National Forest and Greenbriar County, West Virginia. Yet WV DNR officials made a point of downplaying the sighting, claiming it was a ‘misidentification of another species.’ Perhaps it wasn’t after all & wildlfie officials are NOT telling all they know.”
Lutz included the following new report, which he received via Todd Lester, for December 2, 2008.
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The owner of a tiger on the loose in Pocahontas County put the animal down Monday afternoon, said Hoy Murphy, spokesman for the state Division of Natural Resources.
David Cassell of Cass found the tiger and killed it, Murphy said. He was not sure where or how the animal was killed Monday. He was waiting for a conservation officer’s report.
While Murphy said the snowmaking crew at Snowshoe Mountain Resort saw the big cat on Monday morning, resort spokeswoman Laura Parquette said the tiger had not been seen on Snowshoe’s property.
“They’re looking for it in Cass, on the other side of the mountain,” Parquette said.
Cassell, who works at Mountain Lodge on Snowshoe Mountain, was trying to find the animal and tranquilize it, Murphy said earlier in the day. Security personnel at Snowshoe were also looking for the animal, he said.
“We have a conservation officer on his way there now. …Normally this isn’t the kind of wildlife we deal with,” Murphy said Monday afternoon.
Cassell had a permit for the animal, he said.
In May 2006, an Asian brown bear owned by Cassell escaped into the wild after someone cut the lock to its enclosure. The 400-pound bruin has not been seen since.
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