A cougar has been put down after killing a goat and attacking a donkey.

The BX animals came in conflict with the predatory cat over the weekend.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 the little hobby farm livestock that end up as prey for cougars more often than not,91裸聊视频� conservation officer Micah Kneller said. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 totally normal for cougars to attack, certainly goats because they91裸聊视频檙e small.91裸聊视频�

The Conservation Office Service caught the cougar Monday evening, just 50-100 feet from the Hartnell Road farm.

91裸聊视频淥nce a cougar kills something, they drag it away, feed on it, bury it and hide and continue to feed on it,91裸聊视频� said Kneller.

Unfortunately, the mature male tom had to be euthanized as they cannot be relocated in these situations.

91裸聊视频淭hey91裸聊视频檙e probably not going to stop doing that and we don91裸聊视频檛 want to see them hunting where we91裸聊视频檙e living.91裸聊视频�

But there is something residents can do to protect both cougars and their livestock.

91裸聊视频淭hey should always be locked up at night,91裸聊视频� Kneller said of farm animals. 91裸聊视频淭hen you91裸聊视频檙e doing what you can to prevent predators from killing them.

91裸聊视频淚f you91裸聊视频檙e not doing that it really isn91裸聊视频檛 if, it91裸聊视频檚 when especially around here. We live in an area where there are predators. There91裸聊视频檚 a really healthy cougar population living around.91裸聊视频�

In the recent BX case, the landowner normally night pens his animals but for some reason, he wasn91裸聊视频檛 able to get them in that evening.

Unlike bears, cougars will not break into a building to get at an animal.

They are also not confrontational animals and generally do not want to be seen.

91裸聊视频淧eople have this natural fear of cougars more than anything else, and it91裸聊视频檚 pretty unwarranted,91裸聊视频� Kneller said. 91裸聊视频淲e came within 10 yards of the cat, and once it realized we were there it just bolted. As soon as they know you are around, they don91裸聊视频檛 want any conflict, they just take off.91裸聊视频�

Anyone who encounters a cougar is urged to make eye contact with the cat so it knows you see it, make yourself look bigger and make noises, but don91裸聊视频檛 squeal. Be sure, too, to keep pets on leashes.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 exceedingly rare that they attack,91裸聊视频� said Kneller, noting that while there was recently an attack in the Lower Mainland, there hasn91裸聊视频檛 been a fatal attack since the mid-91裸聊视频�90s.

The COs are happy to report that a few moose that have been hanging around the area Jan. 19 have moved on.

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