Mountain lion trapped up shrub by Jack Russell dog

A mntain lion found it was no match for a Jack Russell terrier which trapped it up a sapling on the farm from the US condition of South dakota.

The dog's owner, Chad Strenge, heard frantic barking close to the family's farm in Colman, Moody County.

He learned the 150lb (68kg) male lion, also referred to as a cougar, clinging to your prime of a sapling with 17lb (8kg) terrier Jack in the bottom.

Mr Strenge, helped by his dog, chased the mntain lion and shot it dead.

"He trees cats all the time," Mr Strenge told The Argus Leader newspaper. "I suppose he figured it was just a cat."

Professor Jonathan Jenks, an specialist on cougar migration, stated hunters typically needed two or three hounds to chase a lion up a sapling.

He stated the cougar was in all probability not hungry ample to assault Jack.

"It extremely nicely could have misplaced a territory and made the decision to take off from the Black Hills and head this fashion," he told The Argus Leader.
Lawful killing

Arden Petersen, in the South dakota Recreation, Fish and Parks division, told The Madison Each day Leader that no expenses can be filed for shooting the animal.

People in South dakota have the proper to destroy mntain lions which they sense are a menace to themselves, their livestock or their pets.

The lion was taken to South dakota State College, where it will be studied.

It can be not the initial time a probably hazardous north American wild animal has been introduced to heel by a loved ones pet.

In 2006, a ginger cat - also called Jack - chased a black bear up a sapling in West Milford, New Jersey.

When the bear ultimately climbed down, Jack the cat chased it up a different sapling.

The bear only escaped when Jack's owner called him in to the home.