Longview police officer hits mountain lion with patrol car

Longview police officer hits mountain lion with patrol car — then poses with dead body
Texas has taken a significant step to protect its elusive mountain lions with new hunting restrictions, but another danger looms large: vehicles.
Texas police officer smiles for photo with mountain lion he killed with his patrol car
A Texas police officer posed for a photo with a mountain lion he accidentally struck with his patrol vehicle, and social media users expressed some mixed feelings about it. The post Texas police officer smiles for photo with mountain lion he killed with his patrol car first appeared on Law & Crime.
Cop hits mountain lion with patrol car — and poses with body in Texas. ‘Tasteless’
An officer hit a mountain lion with his patrol car in Texas, then held its body up to pose for a photo that several people said they thought was in poor taste.
Mountain lion hit, killed by vehicle as sightings grow in Texas
A young mountain lion was hit and killed by a vehicle in the Texas Hill Country, near Uvalde County, on December 3, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD). The incident comes as mountain lion sightings increase in Texas.
Texas police slammed for 'tasteless' photo with dead mountain lion
An East Texas police department is coming under fire online after posting a photo of a dead mountain lion one of its officers killed. While patrolling the 3800 block of West Loop 281 around 3 a.m. on Tuesday,
Mountain lion in Longview? State wildlife officials perplexed by big cat hit by police car
A mountain lion? In Longview? Well, maybe not anymore. Around 3 a.m. Tuesday, a Longview police officer on patrol struck a mountain lion in the 3800 block of West Loop
Photo: Texas police under fire for smiling for pic with dead mountain lion that officer ran over
Longview Police Department is under social media scrutiny after a patrolling officer struck a mountain lion and posed with its body while smiling.
Longview Police patrol officer runs over mountain lion
On Dec. 10, at 3 a.m., a Longview Police Department officer patrolling the 3800 block of West Loop 281 struck a mountain lion with their vehicle. Due to the extent of its injuries, the animal was put down at the incident scene. An officer was photographed with the animal’s body.
Mountain lion killed in early-morning crash with Longview patrol vehicle
A Longview police officer was patrolling West Loop 281 near Pine Tree Middle School when it collided with what he believed to ...
‘They just need help’: Dallas advocate says it’s time to protect Texas mountain lions
Monica Morrison, a wildlife advocate based in Dallas, helped push for regulations to protect mountain lions in the state.
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Texas police officer strikes mountain lion while on patrol
LONGVIEW, Texas — It's not an animal that many people would expect to see near the roadways of East Texas, but a police ...
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Texas has enabled new hunting restrictions on mountain lions, the first ever
The last big wildcat in the state is known to avoid humans but can sometimes bump up against ranchers' sheep or deer.