Tag: Cougar

Rare sight as cougar hauls deer across Colorado ‘backyard’

A Colorado resident has captured extraordinary footage showing a mountain lion hauling its deer kill across a meadow in Larimer County. “Our Backyard. Glacier View Meadows, Livermore, CO,” Shari Fortson described Friday via X. Mountain lions, or cougars, commonly prey on deer. But the cats are most active at dawn and dusk so predation events […]

Cougar spotted in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood

Cougars are something few people will ever see in person.  Known for their strength and agility, they’re rarely seen in the wild. But despite their notorious stealth, a cougar was spotted Friday evening in Seattle. “At that moment he poked his head out, and that’s when I saw it was a big cat,” says Rebeca […]

Cougar sighting has Newcastle residents on alert

Three thousand, six hundred. That’s the number of cougars Washington’s Department of Fish and Wildlife has said live here in the Evergreen State. Following an attack on a Washington woman last month and a fatal attack on a young man in Northern California this weekend, a sighting of a cougar in King County this morning […]

WDFW provides update on February cougar attack in Fall City

The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife provided an update on the February cougar attack in Fall City that injured a 60-year-old woman. At about 12:48 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 17, officers with WDFW responded to a report of a human-cougar incident with injuries on a trail northeast of Fall City. Five cyclists were biking […]

Recent cougar attack raises questions about how it happened

A 60-year-old woman is recovering from a violent encounter with a cougar near Fall City on Saturday. She suffered injuries to her face, neck, and jaw. She was with a group of mountain bikers when the attack happened. KIRO 7 talked to a man there who fought off a cougar nearly 30 years ago and […]

5 cyclists attacked by cougar in King County

A group of five cyclists were attacked by a cougar in King County around 1 p.m. on Saturday. According to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, officers got reports of injuries on a trail northeast of Falls City. Five cyclists were attacked and a woman is in the hospital for her injuries. Fish and […]