Sixth cougar killed in western ND

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Another mountain lion has been killed in western North Dakota.

The state Game and Fish Department says the 3-year-old, 92-pound female was shot Thursday by a deer hunter northwest of Grassy Butte in McKenzie County.

It is the sixth cat taken in Zone 1, which essentially is the Badlands area. The hunting season will end when two more are killed or on March 31, 2010, whichever comes first.