When Craig Caignou heard a noise Wednesday evening outside his trailer near Harrison Hot Springs, he thought it was his cat wanting in.

He opened the door and saw Casper alright. But she was dead in the mouth of a cougar.

91裸聊视频淲hen I got out, it was five to eight feet away, standing there looking at me,91裸聊视频� Caignou said. 91裸聊视频淚 had to grab my other cat by the scruff of its neck.91裸聊视频�

Despite the light he was holding and the presence of a human so close, the cougar didn91裸聊视频檛 spook.

91裸聊视频淚t didn91裸聊视频檛 run away when I was right beside it. It just sauntered off.91裸聊视频�

The B.C. Conservation Officer Service confirmed this was the second sighting of a cougar in Harrison Hot Springs in recent days, although Caignou91裸聊视频檚 encounter isn91裸聊视频檛 listed as a 91裸聊视频渟ighting,91裸聊视频� but rather a conflict.

The first sighting was on July 31 by a resident on Miami River Drive who said a cougar was on the trail looking at her housecat through a chainlink fence.

When the BCCOS gets a report of a cougar, they try to ensure it91裸聊视频檚 actually a cougar and not a bobcat, which is a common mistake, said conservation officer Hana Anderson.

In the case of the sighting and the conflict in Harrison, Anderson said it91裸聊视频檚 consistent not only with it being a cougar but with normal predatory behaviour.

91裸聊视频淭here have been no sightings of it during the day, which is a good thing. It91裸聊视频檚 acting like a natural cougar. A cougar isn91裸聊视频檛 going to necessarily know the difference between a racoon or a housecat. It looks like natural prey.91裸聊视频�

And while the Village of Harrison Hot Springs has posted signs around about the cougar in the area, Anderson said there isn91裸聊视频檛 much more they can do since the cougar is behaving normally.

91裸聊视频淭he most important thing for people to do generally to protect their pets from any predator is to secure them, especially at night,91裸聊视频� she said.

As for Caignou, he91裸聊视频檚 upset a warning wasn91裸聊视频檛 issued after the July 31 sighting.

91裸聊视频淚f Harrison had brought out a warning when they had first seen one, my cat would probably be alive.91裸聊视频�

The interactive site shows reported sightings and conflicts across B.C.

paul.henderson@theprogress.com
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