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July 06 Mountain loin killed
07-13-2006: news-localSlain mountain lion was a healthy femaleBy RICHARD HINTON Bismarck Tribune
The mountain lion shot and killed recently by a western North Dakota rancher was a healthy, 1½- to 2-year-old female that probably was born in the state.That was the assessment from Dorothy Fecske, furbearer biologist for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, during a Wednesday morning necropsy on the animal at the NDGFD lab.Lions are either re-establishing themselves or have established themselves in North Dakota's Badlands."More than likely, this cat was born in North Dakota," Fecske said.Kelly Hanna, who ranches southeast of Watford City, shot the lion in his yard Sunday morning as it was fighting with his dogs.The lion was not lactating and was too young to have had kittens, Fecske said. "They often don't breed until their third year," she explained.
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The cat weighed 66 pounds and was 73 inches long from the tip of her nose to the tip of her tail."They look a lot bigger," Fecske said, after double-checking the cougar's weight on the scale.She and Brent Ternes, a NDGFD wildlife technician, were double-teaming the carcass, taking close-up photos and measuring some of the lion's features before Ternes began skinning the animal. Then Fecske would cut open the lion and examine its organs, collect blood and take tissue samples.Measurements of bite width and shoulder height, among other things, will go into a mountain lion database that NDGFD is compiling."The information will help us identify mountain lions in North Dakota," Fecske said.The bite width is helpful in sorting out the culprit in livestock attacks. Measurements of the bite marks on the animal that was attacked can be compared to bite widths of likely species."Lions have wider bite marks than coyotes," Fecske said.Knowing the shoulder height of a mountain lion is helpful in identifying the critter on videos shot at a distance.Going to where the animal was walking or standing when the video was shot and measuring the height of the vegetation helps establish the height of the animal, Fecske said.The shoulder height of the lion she was examining measured 24 inches.The lion carried moderate fat reserves. "That indicates it was a nutritionally healthy animal," Fecske said.Its stomach was empty, but Fecske did find quills in the lion's intestinal tract, indicating it recently had eaten a porcupine. She also found a patch of blackish fur that neither she nor Ternes immediately could identify.North Dakota law requires that anyone killing a mountain lion turn it over to NDGFD, which decides what to do with it."It's not our policy to give it back if it's taken out of season," said Randy Kreil, NDGFD wildlife division chief.Once the hide is tanned and the skull is cleaned, they will be used as educational tools.With the trapping season ended, Ternes guessed the hide could be tanned and back within five or six weeks.
The mountain lion shot and killed recently by a western North Dakota rancher was a healthy, 1½- to 2-year-old female that probably was born in the state.That was the assessment from Dorothy Fecske, furbearer biologist for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, during a Wednesday morning necropsy on the animal at the NDGFD lab.Lions are either re-establishing themselves or have established themselves in North Dakota's Badlands."More than likely, this cat was born in North Dakota," Fecske said.Kelly Hanna, who ranches southeast of Watford City, shot the lion in his yard Sunday morning as it was fighting with his dogs.The lion was not lactating and was too young to have had kittens, Fecske said. "They often don't breed until their third year," she explained.
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The cat weighed 66 pounds and was 73 inches long from the tip of her nose to the tip of her tail."They look a lot bigger," Fecske said, after double-checking the cougar's weight on the scale.She and Brent Ternes, a NDGFD wildlife technician, were double-teaming the carcass, taking close-up photos and measuring some of the lion's features before Ternes began skinning the animal. Then Fecske would cut open the lion and examine its organs, collect blood and take tissue samples.Measurements of bite width and shoulder height, among other things, will go into a mountain lion database that NDGFD is compiling."The information will help us identify mountain lions in North Dakota," Fecske said.The bite width is helpful in sorting out the culprit in livestock attacks. Measurements of the bite marks on the animal that was attacked can be compared to bite widths of likely species."Lions have wider bite marks than coyotes," Fecske said.Knowing the shoulder height of a mountain lion is helpful in identifying the critter on videos shot at a distance.Going to where the animal was walking or standing when the video was shot and measuring the height of the vegetation helps establish the height of the animal, Fecske said.The shoulder height of the lion she was examining measured 24 inches.The lion carried moderate fat reserves. "That indicates it was a nutritionally healthy animal," Fecske said.Its stomach was empty, but Fecske did find quills in the lion's intestinal tract, indicating it recently had eaten a porcupine. She also found a patch of blackish fur that neither she nor Ternes immediately could identify.North Dakota law requires that anyone killing a mountain lion turn it over to NDGFD, which decides what to do with it."It's not our policy to give it back if it's taken out of season," said Randy Kreil, NDGFD wildlife division chief.Once the hide is tanned and the skull is cleaned, they will be used as educational tools.With the trapping season ended, Ternes guessed the hide could be tanned and back within five or six weeks.
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