Mt. Lion kills dogs near Russellville.

[pigture perfect]

Just heard from a friend, that 2 of her sons hunting dogs were killed and another wounded. She said AGFC is confirming a Mountain Lion was the culprit. Has anyone seen anything on this yet?

[Rzbakfromwaybak]

Well, this will be interesting if this story turns out to be true.  This time last year, we didn't even have mountain lions inside the state.  There is evidently more of these lions in Arkansas than the AGFC wanted to admit.  Now that the AGFC  has recently admitted that they do exist....there will probably be an increase in reports of lion kills, sighting, etc.  The only question will be how many of these new reports will be valid.  My guess would be the AGFC will try & play down as many of these reports as possible...(even when suspected valid)

[HogBreath]

Yes..there are cougars in Arkansas, and yes, the AGFC has confirmed this, but the AGFC has also put out the word....no breeding by the mountain lions or else they'll end up like Bobby Petrino.

[Wayne Watson]

I have not seen or read anything in the news regarding this.  Nothing in NWA.

[BassinHawg]

Everyone better hope that the AGFC keeps denying that there is a breeding population of Mountain Lions even if there is.

If this Mountain Lion thing blows up too big you could wind up see a lot of public hunting areas closed by the Feds because some Bunny Hugger type groups want to protect the little kitty cats.

The reason the AGFC never wanted to acknowledge their existence is because they did not want to have to come up with some type of management program for them.

Be careful what you wish for! Just shoot them, dig a big hole and keep your mouth shut!

[kodiakisland]

No.  Mnt lions do not have any special protection.  Many states have regular hunting seasons for them.  The Feds don't care about mnt lions in Arkansas.

[DeltaBoy]

They killed my dogs I kill the MT Kitty!