Police in Kelowna kill maurading cougar

February 5, 2002
Source: Okanagan.net
Original story - link verified on February 5, 2002
By Ron Seymour

A cougar that was shot by Kelowna police after killing two goats would almost certainly have soon posed a threat to humans, big-cat experts say. Authorities had no choice but to shoot the cougar, since its foray into a populated area shows it was losing its fear of man, says Dan Lay, who has developed cougar-control programs for jurisdictions all across North America... Last January, a cougar attacked and killed Frances Frost, a 30-year resident of Canmore, Alta., as she cross-country skied in Banff National Park

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