- Feb 17, 2008
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Mountain lion kills New Mexico man
[size=+1]Man liked to bathe, shave on rock ledge near his home[/size]
[size=-1]02:02 PM CDT on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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[size=-1]Associated Press[/size]
PINOS ALTOS, N.M. -- Medical investigators confirmed Monday that a mountain lion was responsible for the death of a man who had been reported missing.
Relatives of Robert Nawojski, 55, said he liked to bathe and shave on a rock ledge about 60 yards from his home. The state Department of Game and Fish determined the lion attacked Nawojski just below the ledge, dragged his body a short distance and then ate and buried parts of it.
Searchers called the department Thursday night after encountering a mountain lion while searching for Nawojski, whose brother reported him missing earlier that day. The brother said he had last been seen on June 17.
A game officer who spotted the lion shot and wounded it.
Game and Fish officers and federal Wildlife Services agents still were searching for the animal Monday.
Rick Winslow, a Game and Fish large carnivore biologist, said it is rare for a mountain lion to kill a human.
The last reported human killing by a lion in New Mexico was in 1974 when an 8-year-old Arroyo Seco boy was killed by a 47-pound female mountain lion.
Winslow estimated there are between 2,000 and 3,000 mountain lions in New Mexico, including a population in the Silver City and Pinos Altos areas.
"Attacks by wildlife may become more frequent as our growing population expands into the urban-wildland interface," Winslow said. "New Mexico has a healthy population of mountain lions and people who live around them must learn to take precautions and avoid dangerous encounters."
I reckon some of you live close to forest ect. they come by my house every now and then.I have two dogs that will let me know. we had a bob cat jump over a 5' rock wall and bite the new preachers little mexican dog in two while the wife had it on a lease last year.
I guess just a reminder.kep an eye out.
[size=+1]Man liked to bathe, shave on rock ledge near his home[/size]
[size=-1]02:02 PM CDT on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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[size=-1]Associated Press[/size]
PINOS ALTOS, N.M. -- Medical investigators confirmed Monday that a mountain lion was responsible for the death of a man who had been reported missing.
Relatives of Robert Nawojski, 55, said he liked to bathe and shave on a rock ledge about 60 yards from his home. The state Department of Game and Fish determined the lion attacked Nawojski just below the ledge, dragged his body a short distance and then ate and buried parts of it.
Searchers called the department Thursday night after encountering a mountain lion while searching for Nawojski, whose brother reported him missing earlier that day. The brother said he had last been seen on June 17.
A game officer who spotted the lion shot and wounded it.
Game and Fish officers and federal Wildlife Services agents still were searching for the animal Monday.
Rick Winslow, a Game and Fish large carnivore biologist, said it is rare for a mountain lion to kill a human.
The last reported human killing by a lion in New Mexico was in 1974 when an 8-year-old Arroyo Seco boy was killed by a 47-pound female mountain lion.
Winslow estimated there are between 2,000 and 3,000 mountain lions in New Mexico, including a population in the Silver City and Pinos Altos areas.
"Attacks by wildlife may become more frequent as our growing population expands into the urban-wildland interface," Winslow said. "New Mexico has a healthy population of mountain lions and people who live around them must learn to take precautions and avoid dangerous encounters."
I reckon some of you live close to forest ect. they come by my house every now and then.I have two dogs that will let me know. we had a bob cat jump over a 5' rock wall and bite the new preachers little mexican dog in two while the wife had it on a lease last year.
I guess just a reminder.kep an eye out.
