2012 Lion Trap Injuries and Abnormalities

Remarks

Abnormalities

UNR Study Lion – Had been trapped subsequently, lost two front toes and then starved to death. TWO TOES MISSING ON RIGHT FRONT FOOT – LIKELY TRAP ACCIDENT
FEMALE HUNTED SUCCESSFULLY FOR SOME TIME WITH BROKEN RIGHT FRONT LEG. BROKEN RIGHT FRONT LEG HAD HEALED BUT RESULTED IN TWISTED/”CLUBISH” FOOT
CAUGHT IN COYOTE LEGHOLD TRAP – TOO FAR GONE TO RELEASE NONE
Incidental capture in bobcat snare NONE
COLLARED Female Lion UNR         Jesus Christ!! BAD FOOT
THREE-LEGGED CAT (LEFT FRONT MISSING BELOW KNEE) MISSING LEG
CAUGHT IN TRAP BY ACCIDENT – DEAD WHEN TRAPPED ARRIVED TRAP MARK ON LEFT FRONT FOOT, SCRAPES ON BOTH FRONT LEGS, RT CANINE BROKEN
CAUGHT IN TRAP BY ACCIDENT –  BIOLOGIST TRANQUILIZED LION. LION HAD TO BE EUTHANIZED DUE TO SEVERE INJURIES TO FRONT LEFT FOOT. FRESH TRAP INJURY
LEFT FRONT FOOT MISSING TOES – RECENT INJURY, TEETH HEAVILY WORN
NO SCARS, FOOT PREVIOUSLY IN TRAP
RM BIGHORN PROTECTION TOP RIGHT AND BOTTOM RIGHT CANINES BROKEN
“GOOD FAT ALONG THE HIDE”       ^5? OTHER – MISSING TWO TOES LEFT REAR; FORK IN RIGHT EAR
SCRATCHES ON BACK, MISSING 2 FRONT TOES ON RIGHT FOOT
TRAIL CAMERAS IN JUMPUP AND JUMBO, MANY PHOTOS MISSING TOES ON RIGHT FOOT
2 TOES MISSING ON RIGHT FRONT FOOT
SHOT AND KILLED WHILE DEER HUNTING MISSING 3 TOES ON RIGHT FRONT FOOT – OLD TRAPPING SCARS
FRONT RIGHT FOOT IN TRAP RECENTLY
MISSING LOWER RIGHT INCISOR, MISSING PREMOLAR ON LEFT SIDE
MISSING 3 TOES ON FRONT RIGHT FOOT – WAS IN TRAP ONLY WEEKS AGO
ONE CAININE TOOTH MISSING
BROKEN CLAW RIGHT FRONT
LEFT FRONT LEG, FOOT AND PAW INJURED, TOES MISSING AND LEG DEFORMED
MISSING TWO PADS ON FRONT RIGHT PAW
FULLY MUSCLED; RIBS NOT PROTRUDING; HIPS WELL MUSCLUED Missing toe -LEFT FRONT
TRAP ON REAR FOOT. DAMAGED FRONT JOINT OF RIGHT PAW
LION HAD FLEAS MISSING 2 TOES ON RIGHT FRONT FOOT – OLD INJURY
MISSING ABOUT 1″ OFF EACH EAR, MISSING 2 TOES OFF RIGHT FRONT FOOT (PERHAPS CAUGHT IN TRAP AND FROST BITTEN BEFORE GETTING AWAY?)
SMALL CUTS IN BOTH EARS, SMALL SCAR ON NOSE, RIGHT REAR PAW HAS ABNORMALITIES IN 2 TOES.
BROKEN CANINE
RIGHT FRONT FOOT INJURED – APPARENTLY OLD TRAP INJURY – TEETH CHIPPED
LION CAME IN WHILE CALLING COYOTES 2 TOES MISSING FROM LEFT REAR FOOT – FRESH, BUT WELL CLEANED AND BONE TIPS EXPOSED.
BLOODY LEFT FRONT (LEG?)
CAUGHT IN TRAP BY ACCIDENT – DEAD WHEN TRAPPED ARRIVED TRAP MARK ON LEFT FRONT FOOT, SCRAPES ON BOTH FRONT LEGS, RT CANINE BROKEN
REAR LEFT PAW MISSING TWO TOES
HALF TAIL, TRAP INJRUY – MISSING 2 TOES, FROSTBITTEN SHORT EARS
BROKEN TOP CANINE, FRONT RIGHT TORN PAD
DOGS NOT USED – LION WAS LAYING WITHIN 75 YARDS OF SHEEP BAND / NUMEROUS FLEES AROUND HEAD AND NECK BROKEN CANINE
MISSING 2 TOES ON LEFT FRONT PAW AND MOST OF HIS TEETH
MISSING TOE FRONT LEFT PAW
HUNTED LION WHILE DEER HUNTING AND SCOUTING RIGHT FRONT TOE INJURY, CANINES BROKEN, LIKELY TRAP INJURY
UPPER RIGHT CANINE BROKEN