Dear Editor,
During the early morning of Aug. 12, a mountain lion from the Anderson County Park area scaled my six-foot fence and killed two of my goats approximately 100 feet from my bedroom window. It killed a third goat, dragged it to our back gate, and partially ate it.
That morning, three sheriffs deputies came to my house, inspected the dead animals, told me there was nothing they could do and advised me to move my goats off my property to prevent further attacks.
I called Anderson County Park to let them know what had happened, only to find out that there had been five separate lion sightings and a deer kill in the past six weeks.
The lion returned the next night and finished eating the one it started the night before. Those three, or what’s left of them, have since been buried, and I have removed all but four of my animals from the property; two are locked in my garage at night and two are still vulnerable to attack.
Being warned of entering lion habitat when on a ride or hike is one thing, but having such a bold, active lion in the area is another completely. I know people are normally not lion food, but attacks do happen, and people using this area or living
near it should be aware of this activity.
Nicky Austin, Morgan Hill
