![]() ![]() ![]() Shelly Shepherd, information and education manager with Arizona Game and Fish Department, said it has had no further reports of sightings in the last several weeks. I’m hoping the trackers can get the lion before we have to deal with it,” he said. We are staying in contact with Game and Fish and they do have mountain lion trackers. My officers are up in the area of the sighting continually looking for it. 17, Nixon said the police department has not had a confirmed mountain lion sighting. ![]() Mountain lions are nocturnal and typically come out at night or around dusk or dawn.įrom Dec. 29 killing of the dog, Nixon has had officers patrol the neighborhood three or four times a night. If it is in a residential yard, we are going to terminate the animal.” My concern is for the safety of the citizens. “That scares me and we can all say, it wouldn’t happen, it’s going to run from you, but we don’t know that. “If this animal is not scared, what happens if it gets corned by some kid? What is it going to do?” Nixon asked. Williams Chief of Police Herman Nixon said he is concerned for the public’s safety, and because of the lion’s proximity to town and the boldness it is showing, he has issued a shoot to kill order for his officers. a Williams police officer sighted a mountain lion in the same area where a mountain lion attacked and killed a small dog in late December. Despite increased patrols and residents being asked to take their pets inside at night, a mountain lion was sighted again at a residence on the southeastern side of Williams Jan. ![]()
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