Kevin Davis says he’s heard the tales from neighbours about cougar tracks being noticed, “and the place there are tracks, there are cats within the bushes.”
However Davis says it was nonetheless “thrilling” when a digital camera arrange at his household’s cabin close to Cochrane picked up pictures of a household of cougars final week.
Davis and his household reside in Calgary however have a cabin about 20 minutes northwest of Cochrane.
“We’ve seen bear, deer and foxes on the digital camera earlier than,” Davis mentioned, “however by no means a cougar, particularly a household of cougars.”
The video was shot by a digital camera with a movement sensor at about 1 a.m. on Friday, April 5.
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Davis says when his household checked the recording the following day, he noticed a cougar and some seconds later there have been two extra cougars after which a fourth cougar.
The cougar sightings weren’t a whole shock. Davis says a neighbour noticed two of the animals earlier within the week in the midst of the evening at a close-by campground.
“It scared the hell out of him,” Davis mentioned.
Requested if he’ll be a bit extra cautious any further when out within the space round his cabin, Davis mentioned: “100 per cent.
“Seeing a bear is nerve-wracking sufficient, however cougars are somewhat extra scary, so we’ll positively be extra conscious when mountaineering out within the space or strolling the canine.”
The Alberta authorities says cougar sightings “have been on the rise within the final decade as a result of a better variety of folks residing and recreating in conventional cougar habitat and a wholesome inhabitants of prey animals has result in development within the cougar inhabitants.”
Anybody who sees a cougar of their neighbourhood is requested to name Alberta Fish and Wildlife.
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