Wild Animal Spotted In Alpine, California

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Well once again the human population are shaking in their boots, and letting the news media know they are outraged that a wild animal has been spotted back in it's old habitat that they where forced out of when people began building these towns up in the mountains.  The only things that seemed to be hurt was five missing free range chickens, but the owner of the chickens actually didn't seem that upset, she actually admitted hey, it's our fault we are in their stomping grounds.

Oh what is this wild animal on the loose? A Mountain Lion or Cougar depending what part of the United States you live in, despite the name Mountain Lion back before the European explorers came to North America these beautiful animals actually roamed much of this continent. In this case CBS News San Diego (http://www.cbs8.com/) reports this particular Mountain Lion was spotted walking right down one of Alpines main streets.

At this time there seems to be no danger to pets or people, like I said above the only possible victims were the five free range chickens, however animal control, and the Forest Service said as a precaution until when and if this lion is found you shouldn't walk alone, don't let your children more than 25ft away from you if you are out, and keep your pets inside.  As of this afternoon however the only people who have actually seen the Mountain Lion are the residents of Alpine who originally reported it, rangers nor animal control have seen or located it and if they do they say they will humanely trap it and relocate it someplace farther from human habitation.  So if your up their in Alpine probably not much to worry about but ther is nothing wrong with being safe.