Mountain lions preying on domesticated animals

Dakota Semier, ranch manager at Malibu Family Wines, feeds an alpaca inside its pen at the ranch in Malibu on March 10. At left are a pair of llamas. Since last November, mountain lions have killed two llamas and an alpaca while inside the pen.

(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

March 11, 2016 9:51 AM PT

Mountain lions preying on domesticated animals

Dakota Semier, ranch manager at Malibu Family Wines, stands next to Stanley, a 15-foot-tall giraffe, at the ranch in Malibu on March 10.

(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Dakota Semier, ranch manager at Malibu Family Wines, poses next to a llama, a miniature horse and an alpaca at the ranch in Malibu on March 10.

(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Natalie Riggs stands with two female South African goats inside their pen at her ranch in Malibu on March 10. In January, a mountain lion killed two in the same pen. The goats were not harmed.

(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)