The Boulder Police Department and local animal protection officers are investigating a mountain lion attack that killed a pet dog over the weekend.
At around 9:30 p.m. on Friday, residents encountered a mountain lion while walking their small dog near the 2400 block of Balsam Avenue in north Boulder, according to a Boulder Police Department news release on social media platform X.
The mountain lion quickly appeared and pounced on the dog, which died instantly, the police said…