INVESTIGATED A SHEEP KILL; SHEEP WAS KILLED SOMETIME LAST NIGHT OR EARLY THIS MORNING. NEIGHBORS SAID THEIR DOGS WENT NUTS ABOUT 0300. OWNER HAS A DOZEN SHEEP IN A HEAVY GAUGE HOG WIRE FENCE ENCLOSURE. SHEEP THAT WAS KILLED WAS OLD AND WOULD LEAN UP AGAINST THE FENCE OFTEN. I FOUND THE SHEEP PARTIALLY PULLED THROUGH THE FENCE(HEAD AND ONE LEG). THE FENCE AT THAT POINT WAS PULLED OUTWARD APPROXIMATELY 10 INCHES. BOTTOM OF FENCE WAS BURIED SO HARD TO PULL. HEAD OF SHEEP HAD LARGE PUNCTURE WOUNDS. THE NECK TO THE SHOULDERS WAS EATEN AND STOMACH WAS RIPPED OPEN. GROUND WAS MIX OF HARDPAN AND LOOSE COMPOST. NO PRINTS WERE FOUND BUT AREA NEAR FENCE WAS DISTURBED. FOUND SHORT WHITE HAIR WITH FAWN COLORED TIPS ON THE SHEEP HAIR AT THE FENCE. APPEARS TO BE A COUGAR KILL. HIGH TEMPERATURES AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WITH EVEN DRIER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS PRECLUDED THE USE OF HOUNDS. LANDOWNER WAS FINE WITH PERMISSION TO TRY AND KILL IT TONIGHT IT IF CAME BACK TO THE KILL SITE.
THE PROPERTY IS IN RURAL AREA SURROUNDED BY LARGE PROPERTIES AND COMMERCIAL TIMBER PROPERTY. LOTS OF WILDLIFE IN THE AREA.
