Bloodhounds were called in to track and capture a cougar from a Gordon Head yard at about 12:30 p.m. on Monday.

Conservation officer Peter Pauwels removed the animal from the 4300-block of Gordon Head Rd. ItB次元官网网址檚 believed the cougar was finally tranquilized while in a tree.

Today we received another report of a cougar in . Our Pound Officer and attended, found the cougar and tranquilized it. It will now be relocated. 馃憤

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The cougar is likely the same one reported in the area of Queenswood and Ten Mile Point.

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Pauwels will release the animal back into the wild.

Wildlife conservation often use bloodhounds, handled by a third-party contractor, to track cougars and bears.

There was no unusual or aggressive behaviour reported by the animal and cougars do frequent rural and urban areas of Saanich. In 2015, a cougar made its way into James Bay after a stint near the Saanich and Oak Bay border. It was tranquilized, tagged and

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