Not to start a fight or anything, but it wasn't as easy as that when the cops took the shots at this thing. I got the story the news didn't talk about, but may have depending on what outlet you saw it.

The cat had been spotted and all sorts of cops were trying to track it down. Finally 2 cops spotted it cutting between 2 houses (houses in this neighborhood are VERY close together, usually 6 or so feet as most. When the Cops came on it the cat was darting to get away and about to jump a fence at around 50 feet. They didn't have any time to get sharp shooters or tranq guns. They had to get a shot off fast before the cat disappeared again and with how much news was going on around this, they had to kill it before mass pandamonem (sp) broke out. The guys that took the shot were good shots, they just had to shoot immediately with a handgun in a alleyway 6 feet wide and if that cougar turned it would be on them in 2 seconds. You'd be a little shaken too if your 50 feet from a cougar and it has no where to go but straight at you.

Don't mean to sound rude, but I knew who these cops were and believe me, when they woke up that day they didn't think they'd be face to face in a 6 ft alley with a cougar. I and many of the other hunters around there praised them, it couldn't have been easy.

Uncle Matt, I'll try and uplaod the photos in the next few days. Unfortunately with the snow melting the way it was a few weeks ago the tracks are very great but I have good pics of the trail of whatever this animal was. Im going to try and get out there again this week and see what I can find.