Washington girl, 11, shoots and kills cougar tracking her brother

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TWISP, Wash. – An 11-year-old girl shot a cougar that was following her 14-year-old brother to their home at Twisp, in north central Washington, the state Fish and Wildlife Department said.

The female cougar killed last week was about 4 years old and weighed about 50 pounds — half of what it should weigh, said Officer Cal Treser.

“This cougar was very, very skinny,” he said.

It was the third cougar killed in a week in the area just outside Twisp, The Wenatchee World reported Tuesday.

The children’s father, Tom White, had chased the cougar away from their calves twice on Feb. 19. The next day his son went out to feed the dogs and was returning to a basement door when he spotted the cougar following him, Treser said.

“His dad was in there and said, ‘Close the door!’ and there was the cougar, right behind him,” Treser said.

His 11-year-old daughter had a tag to hunt cougars and shot the animal, he said.
Thankfully she shot the cougar. He was very very skinny, and no doubt very hungry. Cougars are always unpredictable, but when you have a real hungry one, all bets are off.

Good to see siblings looking after each other.

Washington girl, 11, shoots and kills cougar tracking her brother | Fox News
 
Meanwhile, gone-completely-unnoticed "DUH" moment...

The female cougar killed last week was about 4 years old and weighed about 50 pounds — half of what it should weigh

But never mind that -- it's all about us and our guns, right?

Humans... inventors of myopia.
 
But if she hadn't had that tag she would be rotting in a jail cell right?

Not at all. Shooting a wild animal that is stalking another human is justified. In this case, considering the condition of the couger, what she did undoubtedly saved her brother at least a serious mauling, if not death.
 
If liberals had their way, there would've not been a gun there to protect them.

You are totally full of shit. This old lib has owned guns for 58 years. It is the proliferation of the war weapons with which it is possible to create so much havoc that we fear. Guns in the hands of the mentally ill. And that is what people like you are cheering for.

A quality gun is a lifetime purchase. Properly taken care of, it will last several lifetimes. The gun I use the most is actually older than I am. So why not at least a two week wait for purchasing a gun, and a complete background check? Why does the NRA oppose that?
 
At first glance I thought this thread had to do with a woman that got shot because she wanted to date a younger man!
 

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