Mountain Lion in Neighborhood

I received an e-mail at 8:05 this morning, letting me know that the mountain lion killed a deer this morning on Emerald Road. I passed the news on via e-mail to all the neighbors I have e-mail addresses for at 8:15. Department of Wildlife personnel and Boulder County sheriff's deputies went door-to-door telling residents to stay inside and keep their animals inside. They said they would try to trap the lion when it returned to the kill. Jim told me at 1 p.m. that all the extra people had left - so he guessed the lion had been trapped. I have both a telephone call and an e-mail in to Kristen Cannon in the DoW, asking for an update. Hopefully, I will be able to report soon - both in the blog and via e-mail to the residents.... There is nothing on-line or in the news about the mountain lion at present. Lovey and Nedi are having a blast running around today - they went out 4 times yesterday and have been out three times so far today. Rosie and Remy were quite happy, today, too. It's been gray and misty all day here - occasional sprinkles of rain have fallen, but not enough that I'd call it a shower. ... Up at the Crystal Fire site, one family was given 5 minutes to get dressed and leave during the weekend - the people left, with their dog, but they had to leave their 5 horses behind. The family's house and barn are totally gone, but the horses escaped the fire and were found a couple of miles away, eating grass and drinking sweet mountain water in a small draw. The family cried with joy to hear that their four-legged kids had survived; they said they could rebuild the house and barn, but they couldn't replace their friends.