Parks Canada says an investigation has turned up no proof of a cougar assault reported final month in Banff Nationwide Park.
Alberta Well being Companies has mentioned emergency crews responded to the Rockbound Lake trailhead on Feb. 12 and took an grownup to hospital with minor mushy tissue accidents.
Parks Canada had additionally posted a bulletin on Fb saying it was closing an space of the park, but it surely didn’t say why.
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It now says it searched the world across the reported assault however discovered no indicators of cougar exercise.
It says it additionally did forensic testing and no cougar DNA was discovered on samples despatched to the lab.
Parks Canada says it has completed its investigation and the closure for the world, about midway between the City of Banff and Lake Louise, has been lifted.
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