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小英雄近照
据《每日邮报》报道 美国华盛顿州一个11岁的小女孩上周发现一只美洲豹跟踪自己的哥哥进了家,果断的开枪打死了这头母美洲豹。据该州动物保护官员说,这是近日第三只美洲豹被打死。
据悉,这只母美洲豹大约4岁大,体重50磅,是这个年纪美洲豹平均体重的1/2。当地时间2月19日,这只美洲豹已经在女孩家附近晃荡过两次,都被女孩的父亲汤姆给赶走了。20日,女孩的哥哥出门喂狗,再回到地下室门口时他发现自己被美洲豹跟踪。父亲汤姆提醒说:“快关门”,但由于美洲豹跟得太紧,所以为时已晚。就在这个时候,女孩果断开枪将其打死。
当地动物保护组织试图找出美洲豹频繁进入人类居住地带的原因,他们认为有可能是当地的鹿变少了,因此美洲豹没有足够的食物过冬,因此才频繁进入人类活动地带。(老任)
TWISP, WA (AP) -
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.
State Fish and Wildlife Officer Cal Treser says the female cougar killed last week was about 4 years old and very skinny at about 50 pounds -- half of what it should weigh.
Treser says the teens' 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.
His daughter had a tag to hunt cougars and shot the animal.
The Wenatchee World reports it was the third cougar killed in a week in the area just outside Twisp.
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