Hollywood fantasies always imbue these accounts. The cat is running away, trying to hide/flee, which the cops interpret as “stalking” or “about to charge.” Two leggeds everywhere chasing me. Yep, time to stop and eat something.
As with most Nebraska confirmations outside the Pine Ridge and Wildcat Hills, this cougar was killed along a river–in this case, the Platte.
Location of Kearney kill.
http://www.omaha.com/article/20110510/NEWS01/705109926
Omaha World-Herald
BRAD NORTON/WORLD-HERALD NEWS SERVICE
One bullet takes down cougar
By Kim Schmidt and Juan Perez Jr.
WORLD-HERALD NEWS SERVICE
Jolissa May-Werner is a self-described animal lover.
Of the eight officers on her day shift at the Kearney Police Department, she’s one of the few who doesn’t hunt.
See cartoon here – http://www.omaha.com/section/NEWS08/