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Mountain lion removed from RI home
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GLOCESTER, R.I. (AP) — An animal rescue expert has removed a pet mountain lion from a Rhode Island home for relocation to Florida.
Scott Lope, director of operations for the nonprofit Big Cat Rescue, removed the female mountain lion from the home in Glocester on Thursday morning.
Glocester animal control officer Michael Merchant says the mountain lion’s owner recently died and his widow is unable to continue caring for the animal, which weighs at least 200 pounds.
The mountain lion will be taken to an animal sanctuary.
For the cats,
Carole Baskin, CEO of Big Cat Rescue
an Educational Sanctuary home
to more than 100 big cats
12802 Easy Street Tampa, FL 33625
813.493.4564 fax 885.4457
Carole.Baskin@BigCatRescue.org
http://www.BigCatRescue.org
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