Woman suspected to have been killed in Colorado's first fatal mountain lion attack in over two decades

A woman's decease successful Colorado is suspected to person been caused by a upland lion attack, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, which notes that the past fatal upland lion onslaught successful the authorities occurred successful 1999.

"Around 12:15 this afternoon, hikers connected the Crosier Mountain way successful Larimer County observed a upland lion adjacent a idiosyncratic lying connected the crushed from astir 100 yards away," a Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesperson explained during a quality league connected Thursday. 

The hikers past frightened the upland lion disconnected by tossing rocks astatine it, she said.

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Gaia, a 3.5-year-old pistillate upland lion (Puma concolor), is pictured astatine the Las Pumas Rescue and Sanctuary Center successful Guanacaste, Costa Rica connected April 17, 2025.  ( EZEQUIEL BECERRA/AFP via Getty Images)

"One of the witnesses is simply a physician," but "did not find a pulse," she noted, adding that the incidental is being investigated arsenic a suspected deadly upland lion attack.

A hunt effort yielded the find of 2 upland lions which were some killed.

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A Colorado Parks and Wildlife property merchandise notes, "CPW officers, Larimer County Sheriff deputies, Estes Park constabulary and Glen Haven Area Volunteer firefighters responded to the country to motorboat an extended hunt for immoderate upland lions. A CPW biologist who was conducting aerial cervid surveys successful the region was capable to assistance successful spotting and unit transportation. Houndsmen assisted by utilizing dogs to way the scent of lions." 

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Mountain lions successful the mountains of Montana. ( Dennis Fast / VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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"Officers located 1 lion astatine the scene, changeable the carnal and it ran from the area. Officers tracked the upland lion and it was euthanized. A abbreviated clip later, a 2nd upland lion was recovered adjacent and euthanized. It is chartless if 1 oregon aggregate animals were progressive successful the suspected attack. According to CPW policies, wildlife progressive successful attacks connected humans indispensable beryllium euthanized to guarantee nationalist safety," the merchandise explains.