Mountain Lion Euthanized After Walking Into Lobby Of Vail Condo Building

Denver CO

12 January, 2022

1:51 PM

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By Jesse Sarles, CBS Denver: VAIL, Colo. (CBS4) – Colorado Parks and Wildlife made the tough decision to euthanize a mountain lion over the weekend after it demonstrated unusual behavior and came into the lobby of a condominium property in the mountains. It happened on Saturday in the Lionshead village area in Vail and surveillance cameras captured images of the animal inside. The animal had been spotted near several resort properties two different times. In the second sighting, it entered the lobby and Vail police wrote in a Tuesday Facebook post that "officers were able to confine it to a secure area of the hotel in cooperation with property management." CPW was called in and they tranquilized the mountain lion. Read more at CBS Denver CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.