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It was a mountain lion delivering the final death bite then dragging an adult deer across her backyard. And she captured it all with her cellphone's camera. "It was beautiful, powerful ...

Mountain lions are protected predators that subsist on deer. The wild deer herd population in SLO County is down to the level of the 1930s when it was hard to find a deer, according to my father.

Mule deer herds are declining across the West for many reasons. But three states — Utah, Wyoming and Nevada — want to both pin the blame on mountain lions and “resolve” the issue by using cruel traps ...