Oregonians can breathe a sigh of reduction, as a result of what was considered a cougar sighting within the state has as an alternative turned out to be a big home cat.
The state company mentioned that the “cougar” seen in Tigard, Oregon, a metropolis about 10 miles southwest of Portland, on Nov. 16 was the truth is, a home cat and was no trigger for alarm.
“This occurs greater than you assume,” the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife posted on X, confirming the animal was not the truth is a big, wild and harmful predator.
In a grainy video of the cat posted on X, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife mentioned the largest indicator it was not a cougar was the animal’s measurement in comparison with a close-by tree and compost or rubbish bin. The fence, additionally seen within the video, is probably going 6 ft tall, the company mentioned, which places the cat at lower than a foot tall in peak.
Tigard has had confirmed cougar sightings prior to now, town’s public works division posted on social media, however fortunately, final week’s sighting was not one in every of them.
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Where do cougars reside within the U.S.?
While they have been as soon as present in all around the contiguous 48 U.S. states, breeding populations of cougars are actually present in simply 16 states, primarily within the Midwest and Western areas of the nation, together with Oregon. They are additionally present in Texas and Florida, in response to the Cougar Fund.
They are labeled as recreation species and might be hunted for sport in 13 states: Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas and North Dakota.
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