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Apex predator found wrapped in tarp — without head or tail, Montana game warden says

by BROOKE BAITINGER / Idaho Statesman
| February 27, 2025 1:00 AM

Game wardens are investigating after an apex predator was found wrapped in a tarp along a Montana roadway — without a head or tail, officials said.

The dead mountain lion was found near mile marker three on the Troy Mine Road south of Troy in the northwestern corner of the state, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks said in a Feb. 25 news release.

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