A motion-activated camera Gordon Peachey slung over his back fence came back with some footage of a couple magnificent beasts.
Wednesday morning, at around 7 a.m. Peachey caught on video a female cougar and her cub sauntering past his Crawford Estates home.
It91裸聊视频檚 not the first time he91裸聊视频檚 had such a view of the natural world. He91裸聊视频檚 seen bears, coyotes and other creatures of the kind in the past. It was his first cougar sighting, but he knows it91裸聊视频檚 not the first time they91裸聊视频檝e been there.
91裸聊视频淭here was a deer killed (in the same area) around this time four or five years ago,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淚t was confirmed at that time it was a cougar.91裸聊视频�
As the owner of two small dogs, Peachey knows that while sightings of this kind are interesting, he also has to be wary and, in turn, he watches his pets 91裸聊视频渓ike a hawk.91裸聊视频�
BC Conservation Officer Micah Kneller said that91裸聊视频檚 exactly the right thing to do, as well as ensuring that other attractants, like garbage, and hobby farm refuse are tucked away.
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In the meantime, expect to hear more about cougar sightings.
Kneller pointed out that much of the Okanagan is in an interface area, which explains many of the cougar and bobcat sightings that have come in through recent days.
91裸聊视频淲e get a few a week (from throughout the Okanagan),91裸聊视频� he said.
91裸聊视频淐ougars are very shy and they are just normally active at night.
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91裸聊视频淭hey follow deer populations, so where there is a high concentration of deer you can be sure to see cougar.91裸聊视频�
Kneller pointed out that the rise in sightings over winter months is also to do with the fact that it91裸聊视频檚 easier to see a cougar when it91裸聊视频檚 highlighted against a bright white, backdrop.
In winter, you can see their tracks, where you otherwise would not.
Also, if you have a sighting don91裸聊视频檛 just post it to your favourite Facebook chat site.
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91裸聊视频淧eople post their sightings of their problems with these animals on social media, but they neglect to tell us,91裸聊视频� said Kneller.
91裸聊视频淎 lot of things aren91裸聊视频檛 being reported to us and it91裸聊视频檚 important they are.91裸聊视频�
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