Wildlife officials who seized a mountain lion kitten from a southern Colorado home say the feline fell ill after the residents fed it bratwurst.
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Travis Sauder from Colorado Parks and Wildlife says the kitten appeared to be in good health otherwise. It was sent to a wildlife rehabilitation centre on Tuesday.
The people in possession of the lion kitten posted photos on social media on Monday - showing the kitten in a cage and describing how they found it in a snow bank after a snow plow passed by. They also claimed they released it back to the wild after allowing it to ''thaw out''.
Travis says residents should leave wildlife alone and that mountain lions can handle cold weather. The kitten, which is only a few months old, was kept too long to be returned to the area to be reunited with its mother.