I don't know whether you've seen this before or not . . . I'm not sure I'm posting the images correctly so I used an url from my web site. Let me know if it is supposed to be done that way.
A couple from Montana were out riding on the range, he with his rifle and she (fortunately) with her camera. Their dogs always followed them, but on this occasion a Mountain Lion decided that he wanted to stalk the dogs (you'll see the dogs in the background watching). Very, very bad decision...
The hunter got off the mule with his rifle and decided to shoot in the air to scare away the lion, but before he could get off a shot the lion charged in and decided he wanted a piece of those dogs. With that, the mule took off and decided he wanted a piece of that lion. That's when all hell broke loose... for the lion.
As the lion approached the dogs the mule snatched him up by the tail and started whirling him around. Banging its head on the ground on every pass. Then he dropped it, stomped on it and held it to the ground by the throat. The mule then got down on his knees and bit the thing all over a couple of dozen times to make sure it was dead, than whipped it into the air again, walked back over to the couple (that were stunned in silence) and stood there ready to continue his ride... as if nothing had just happened.
Fortunately even though the hunter didn't get off a shot, his wife got off these 4...
John Wade
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OT - Mountain Lion Vs. Mule
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OT - Mountain Lion Vs. Mule
John Wade the Dog Trainer
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Grey Owl's right. This did circulate about a year ago.
I have to agree with the skeptics who expressed their doubts back then. It's pretty hard to imagine a cat, in such open country, attacking a group which consists of two dogs, two humans and a mule. Also, to say that the mule would grab the cat by the tail as its first move in defending the dogs seems strange.
Maybe....maybe, but I'd want some pretty persuasive credentials on the part of the humans, before I'd accept this story as true.
I have to agree with the skeptics who expressed their doubts back then. It's pretty hard to imagine a cat, in such open country, attacking a group which consists of two dogs, two humans and a mule. Also, to say that the mule would grab the cat by the tail as its first move in defending the dogs seems strange.
Maybe....maybe, but I'd want some pretty persuasive credentials on the part of the humans, before I'd accept this story as true.
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