INW: Mountain Lion Killed After Attack

Idaho Department of Fish and Game conservation officer Matt O’Connell talks to reporters in Boise earlier today, about a mountain lion that was killed after chasing after a 10-year-old boy near a Mores Creek subdivision in the Boise area . It was the latest in a series of wildlife incidents, including one in which a mountain lion was shot by authorities in Boise near St. Alphonsus Hospital earlier this month, after being spotted around town for several weeks. Statesman story here.

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