A remarkable video taken Friday in Morada, California, which is just north of Stockton, captured a family dog chasing a huge mountain lion in the backyard of a home.
Fortunately for the dog, the superior apex predator it was chasing didn’t decide to suddenly take a stand.
“I was having a Bible study in our rec room. My friend looked out and said, ‘Oh your dogs are playing’ and I said, ‘I only have one dog,’” the homeowner told KCRA.
After going outside to see what was going on, the homeowner said of the big cat, “It just, in one leap, was up in the tree so quickly.”
BIG CAT! Coming up on @kcranews at 10&11, we talked with the woman whose family dog chased a mountain lion through their yard this weekend.
“My friend looked out and said, ‘Oh your dogs are playing’ and I said, ‘I only have one dog.'”
: Sandy Ali pic.twitter.com/lI9yyFLzgx— KCRA Lee Anne Denyer (@KCRALeeAnne) August 13, 2023
San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office said efforts to trap the mountain lion have been unsuccessful.
“As a precaution, residents in the area are advised to bring animals inside, and stay inside themselves,” the sheriff’s office told local residents.
As for the dog’s chances had the fleeing cat turned on it, a video taken in December out of Sonoma County showed the likely outcome — in that attack, the dog miraculously survived after a mountain lion burst into a home and dragged it outside.
Rebecca Kracker told FOX2 KTVU that she heard her border collie, Sherman, yelping and growling and when she went to check on the pet she saw a mountain lion standing over him.
“She was bearing [sic] her teeth and hissing, and he had passed out from shock,” Kracker told the Fox affiliate. “I thought he was dead at that point.”
This mountain lion entered a house in Sonoma County
and dragged a dog by its neck into the backyard. Amazingly, the dog survived. (Video courtesy Ron Crane) pic.twitter.com/xSuqR6fWXm— Amy Larson (@AmyLarson25) December 7, 2022
Here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on “X,” formerly known as Twitter:
Now I have none
— Blirtakus (@GSD0420) August 13, 2023
Ordinarily they say cougars don’t like dogs.. I don’t know if it’s play or get away
— Miss Melody LOCK HIM UP (@_MissMelody) August 15, 2023
— Sergio Jones (@surge42_) August 14, 2023
Bored cougar decided to play with the dog. The big cat could have easily jacked him anytime but was just messing around. pic.twitter.com/xSwTDhsLdE
— Wendy the Warrior (@WOgaard) August 14, 2023
Got my Dogs on Mountain Lion watch pic.twitter.com/AEnLnzLB9G
— Speed Coach Pop (@CoachPop_OC) August 15, 2023
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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