Then, in 2020, a statewide directive changed the equation again. The new policy generally allowed multiple attacks by a lion on any given parcel of land before a lethal permit would be issued.

Seeing the mountain lion injured but not yet dead, he put it down with a shot to the head.” The dog owner says she saw two cougars. And on the morning after the attack, the husband returned to where ...

“It’s prime mountain lion habitat,” Tira said. “It’s rural, mountainous.” After Monday’s attack, the Sierra County Sheriff’s Office closed down the county park in ...