Woman, 80, Shoots Lion to Protect Dog

Acting to protect her dog, 80-year-old Martha Smith killed a mountain lion at her home along French Creek near Fairburn.

[Jackie]

"A spittin' and a growlin'?"

[Barbara]

Age 80, she shoots a mountain lion to protect her dog, on her own property! More power to her! What a lady! I'm impressed.

[Martha Smith rocks]

Now THERE'S a fine, strong country woman.

[Greg]

Wonder how many mountain lions are left in the world... compared to how many dogs?

[KATE in Geneva - Illinois]

You go, grrrrrrl !!

[Gayle]

Would have done the same to protect my dog if I had to. Good woman!

[Rhonin]

It's unfortunate she had to shoot the lion. But sometimes it can't be helped.

[From MD]

You Go Granny!!!!=)

[tina]

is the dog going to be ok???

[Julie]

We have pushed these wonderful creatures out of their habait, killed or driven away all their food sources.. and we wonder why they wander looking for food.. the animal was hungry and looking for food.. sad but this is our fault..

[JayS]

Greg and Aiuppa, are you saying it is ok to place one animals existence or worthiness over another? Just because you deem the cat to be more nobile than the dog it should be dinner? We need to teach these cats and dogs that eating meat is wrong. Ther is a much healthier lifestyle available for all living beings and it is the vegan diet.

Julie is partly right about this being our fault. This cat didn't learn that man is the ultimate predator, and needs to be feared rather than a source of food. The best way to make sure that we (humans and animals) can continue to co-exist is to activly manage their population.

[jessir]

How about she shot the damn thing so it wouldn't eat her? Would that satisfy you saps?

[mark]

Pretty good shooting to take down a Mountain Lion with a .22

[Kim]

Can't believe people berating her for protecting her pooch. We arn't talking about a baby deer here, mountain lions are dangerous animals. Go Granny go!

[VANESSA]

Greg wrote:

Wonder how many mountain lions are left in the world... compared to how many dogs?

Well, however many are left better leave grandma's dog alone:).

[Greg 1055]

Granny Gitcha Gun!! WooHoo!!!! Can't beat that frontier livin! She could'nt use the 10 gage. Might have knocked her down. EEEHAWW!

[Carse]

Greg 1055 wrote:

Granny Gitcha Gun!! WooHoo!!!! Can't beat that frontier livin! She could'nt use the 10 gage. Might have knocked her down. EEEHAWW!

What the hell is granny doing so close to the wild at 80, with no one? Looks like she knows how to scare eveyone, including the Lion - stiff enough to get two shots?

I'd say granny needs to move and stop picking on the critters. Send her to Iraq where she could scare the enemy into submission.

[Are we Lion]

I shot a rabbit in my yard. He was eyeballin' my turnips. Front page story!!! Yee Haw!!

[Are we Lion]

JayS wrote:

Greg and Aiuppa, are you saying it is ok to place one animals existence or worthiness over another? Just because you deem the cat to be more nobile than the dog it should be dinner? We need to teach these cats and dogs that eating meat is wrong. Ther is a much healthier lifestyle available for all living beings and it is the vegan diet.
Julie is partly right about this being our fault. This cat didn't learn that man is the ultimate predator, and needs to be feared rather than a source of food. The best way to make sure that we (humans and animals) can continue to co-exist is to activly manage their population.

Itried to feed my dog vegan. He wound up eating the cat.

[gwg]

Sounds like Julie has some bad issues, talk to Dr. Phil, WAY TO GO GRANNIE...