Mountain lion spared after killing alpacasMALIBU, California -- A California mountain lion placed under a death sentence for killing nearly a dozen alpacas owned by a Malibu woman was granted a reprieve Thursday when the woman announced she wouldn't act on a state-issued permit giving her the right to kill the animal. She also indicated public outrage might have played a role in her decision, adding she was "surprised by the vitriol." Vaughn-Perling had planned to attend a community meeting Wednesday to discuss the lion problem until she began to receive death threats from the cougar's supporters. The cougar, which has its own Facebook page, saw its image tarnished somewhat earlier this year, however, when it was blamed for killing a koala at the Los Angeles Zoo. Another cougar wandered onto a high school campus in the San Fernando Valley in April before it was tranquilized and returned to the wild.

Source: The China Post December 02, 2016 16:33 UTC