What Happened in the Harrowing Hours Before Cecil the Lion Was Killed. Cecil was allegedly baited to cross into unprotected land where he was killed. By ABC News. August 13, 2015, 12:04 PM.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) - A Colorado trail runner who fought off a juvenile mountain lion and killed it says his "fear response turned into more of a fight response" after he was ambushed by ...

How this photo turned a reclusive mountain lion into a Hollywood icon “There’s no cat like him,” says Nat Geo photographer Steve Winter, whose image of P-22 helped make the cougar a celebrity.

The man who was attacked by a mountain lion during a run in Colorado earlier this month explained how he suffocated the young cat — and survived with minimal injuries.

A 22-year-old woman looking to start a career working with animals was attacked and killed by a lion after it escaped a locked space at a North Carolina animal center on Sunday, officials said.. A ...

An escaped lion was captured after it prowled the streets of Ladispoli, near Rome. Etrurianews / Zuma Press. Rony Vassallo, the animal handler at the Rony Roller Circus, ...

Escaped circus lion roams streets of Italy 00:48. A lion prowled the streets of an Italian seaside town for several hours Saturday after escaping from a local circus, before being sedated and ...

Along some seventy plus miles of southern California coastline, usually curious and playful sea lions are attacking humans in the water. At unprecedented levels, the animals are being poisoned by ...

A Buckeye man who killed a mountain lion that attacked him and his dog would not face legal consequences because he acted in self-defense, state wildlife officials said.. The incident occurred ...