VIDEO: Mountain lion breaks into home, kills family cat

A mountain lion crawled into a Colorado home and killed a family’s pet house cat and fled into a canyon after wildlife officers shot it with non-lethal bean bag rounds to force it outside.
The prowling cougar came through an unlocked screen door at a home in Boulder in the Colorado foothills late Thursday night while the occupants were not home, Jason Clay, spokesman for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, said in a statement.
The residents, who were not named, discovered the mountain lion inside their residence when they arrived home, and called police who then summoned the wildlife agency, Clay said.
Wildlife officers decided the best course of action was to chase the cougar out the front door by firing the bean bag rounds at it, Clay said, adding that at least one round hit the animal.

The carcass of the house cat was found by responding officers, Boulder Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kristi Peterson told Reuters.
The cat’s owner told Denver TV station KDVR in a tearful interview that she had owned her cat, named Klondike, for 10 years.
“She (Klondike) was difficult to live with – she wasn’t grateful for anything – but she was mine and it’s hard (to see) the end she had,” she said.