OR: Two Cougars Ignore Warning Shots, are Shot, Killed

He knew two girls were sleeping in the house and felt the need to be proactive and secure the property. Other children lived in the neighborhood, as well and pets and farm animals, he said. He got a rifle and came back out.

There were two cougars and "one was starting to tear into the chicken coop," he said. So after warning shots, he shot and killed both.

“Being that brazen, I made the decision that they had to be shot,” Callister said. “We have kids in the house, the neighbor across the street has kids and so on, so at that point it was a major hazard."
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