A mountain lion attacked and killed a miniature horse at a Newbury Park home on Sunday.



Ventura County Sheriff's deputies responded to a call at Hemlock Lane and McKnight Road early Sunday morning after a resident reported a mountain lion killed their mini horse in their backyard corral.

Tense moments in #NewburyPark as VC Sheriff's deputies fire a beanbag shotgun round to scare off a large mountain lion at a residence. Deputies were called to Hemlock & McKnight after a resident reported the lion had killed their pet mini horse in their backyard corral. pic.twitter.com/H1NUdGPk3d — Joel Council (@Safety4Citizens) February 18, 2018

Cellphone video captured the tense moments when deputies fired off a bean bag shotgun to scare away the animal.

Officials say the mountain lion has returned a few times, and it is expected to return again to get its kill, even though the mini horse's body was removed from the property.

