Cougar put down near Canmore
Posted Jul 20, 2011 8:52 am.
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Wildlife officers have killed a young cougar after it cornered three cyclists on a trail and attacked a dog.
The big cat leaped from bushes at a park just south of Canmore Monday night.
Conservation officers tracked it down the next day and tell The Calgary Sun the young female was starving; they were concerned the cougar was so hungry it might go after a child.
The same cat was captured and released in late June after following hikers near Banff.
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