A Colorado man killed a cougar who attacked him while playing sports

On the edge of Horsetooth Mountain, in the state of Colorado, a man killed on Monday a cougar that hit him at the back while playing sports.

The authorities explained that the athlete, whose identity was not revealed, was he acted in self-defense, after the animal attacked him on a trail in the western part of the Horsetooth Mountain open space.

The cat bitten and scratched the runner, causing serious injury on the face, legs, arms and back, the Colorado Department of Natural Resources and the Larimer County Natural Resources Department said in a joint statement.

The man is defended against the animal without using an object, only his bare hands. This has been confirmed by the Colorado Department of Natural Resources (CPW) via its social networks, where He explained that the man "is forbidden without using weapons".

"The runner did everything in his power to save his life. In the case of a cougar attack, you must do everything you can to fight yourself, as did this man, "said Mark Leslie, CPW Regional Manager.

Although he did not extend the feline's bad, we know that it was a young specimen, which increases the chances of the man beating the cougar.

While adult men can weigh between 50 and 80 kilograms, women of this age weigh between 36 and 60 kilograms. Being the animal that attacked the runner a young cougar, his weight would be greatly reduced.

Eventually, the man went to a local hospital where he recovered injuries, already out of danger despite the seriousness of the injuries.

The authorities found the body of the animal lying next to some of the property of the corridor, which he had lost during the attack. The body was taken to a CPW lab where they will perform a necropsy.

"Cougar attacks are not common in Colorado and, in this case, unfortunately, the hallway has awakened the hunting instinct of the animal. It could have had a very different end, "said Ty Petersbug, wildlife manager for the region, in a statement.

Since 1990, 16 cases of cougar attacks on humans have been reported in the State of Colorado, while over the past 100 years, fewer than 20 deaths are on the entire US territory for this reason.