A Cowichan Valley woman is warning other folks in the area after a cougar killed one of her cats last week.
Sometime between 5 and 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 19, Jennal GreenB次元官网网址檚 four cats left her house in the rural Sahtlam area west of Duncan. Only three came back.
B次元官网网址淭hey are indoor outdoor cats,B次元官网网址� Green explained. B次元官网网址淚 make sure they are in at night as we know wildlife is all around us. Unfortunately they like to come out in the morning when my boyfriend leaves for work. When I got up around 8 in the morning, I knew something was wrong. I always call them into the house to have their breakfast and none of them showed up.
B次元官网网址淎fter about an hour of calling them, two of my girls showed up, very shaken up. They immediately ran into the house and hid. My other girl didnB次元官网网址檛 go out in the morning and she was very scared when I woke up as well. When Jasper didnB次元官网网址檛 show up, I immediately knew she was attacked either by a cougar or a bird.B次元官网网址�
Green spent two days wandering the trails and roads in the area before she finally found the remains of Jasper B次元官网网址� a paw and what she believes was half of her skull B次元官网网址� about 50 metres from the house.
Green has heard the cougar chirping near the house in the past, and since the attack. Three days after Jasper disappeared, she was sitting on the couch around 9:30 p.m. and heard B次元官网网址渁wful screamsB次元官网网址� that suggested it had caught another cat.
B次元官网网址淚 blew off my air horn to try to scare him off,B次元官网网址� she said. B次元官网网址淎fter posting on Facebook and talking around, I have learned more people have had encounters with the cougar as well.B次元官网网址�
Green only has the cats at her house, but there are multiple households on the property, including some with young children, dogs, and chickens.
She cautions others to know where their pets are at all times.
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