Missouri Officials Believe ‘a Big Cat’ is Attacking Their Cattle

Something unusual is going after cattle in a Missouri county and officials believe they know what it is. They think it's "a big cat" and they have the pictures to prove it.

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These vicious cattle attacks are happening in Ray County, Missouri. The sheriff there is convinced that a mountain lion is responsible and there are residents who have pictures to prove it. Fox 4 out of Kansas City spoke to the sheriff and some farmers in the area.

With the graphic parts blurred out, this is one picture they showed of a cow that had been attacked by...something. I don't know about you, but I've never known a dog that was capable of doing this to cattle.

Some farmers say these attacks have gone back years and they have pictures they've captured of what appears to be a mountain lion on their land.

You might recall that a couple months ago we shared the story of a mountain lion that crossed Nebraska and Missouri and was spotted in the Springfield, Illinois area. There was also a big cat that was struck by a vehicle in Dekalb, Illinois. Yet another big kitty cat was spotted in southeast Iowa. Could it be that northern Missouri is going to be a hunting ground for these predators as they make their way east? No way to know for sure, but something in Ray County, Missouri is on the prowl.