I was at my kitchen window on Friday Feb.21,2014 and I saw a mountain lion coming from my neighbors yard, traveling into our yard walking south towards our wet lands . I called the Woodbridge police dept. because there was no answer for the animal control and the on call police officer was not surprised when I told him what I saw. He stated earlier that morning a police officer spotted it on Beecher road (please note the school is on Beecher Rd). He asked what street I live on, which is Dales Drive and it is off of Beecher Road. The officer said it was nothing to be concern about and that he would notify the animal control. I since called the animal control and the officer stated that it COULD NOT BE a mountain lion and there are none in CT and it could of been a bob cat ,but he did state that he would notify the proper authority. This lion was huge and was definitely over a hundred twenty pounds. Does anyone care??? There are a lot of kids in all the towns.
Rita S, Woodbridge, Ct.
We believe you and we care. But the fact is they are little to no threat to kids. Where
they are very common out west, attacks are as rare as any other wild animal attack.
Give them space and make lots of noise, they will avoid you at all costs.
They want deer, not your kids.
Any Animal control officer that says it “could not be a mountain lion” is kidding him or herself.