Cougar Enters Woman's House With Her Cat In Its Mouth
POSTED: 7:25 a.m. EDT June 5, 2003
UPDATED: 7:26 a.m. EDT June 5, 2003
BEND, Ore. -- When Linda Bertolani left her front door ajar for her Himalayan cat, she got another feline visitor -- a full-grown cougar.
The cougar sneaked into her kitchen Sunday night and let out a high-pitched scream, Bertolani said. He had her 16-year-old cat, Sebastian, in his mouth.
"You should have seen Sebastian's fur flying," Bertolani said.
The cougar dropped Sebastian, ran from the house and vanished over a fence before the police and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife got there.
Sebastian is recovering at home.
Corey Heath, a Deschutes Wildlife District biologist, said no other cougars have been spotted in the neighborhood since Bertolani's call.
Heath said people should not run if they encounter a cougar, but instead try to scare the animal away by making noise, throwing rocks or waving a coat in the air.
Wildlife specialists say cougars, bears and other wildlife increasingly come into inhabited areas as humans encroach on areas where the animals have always lived.
Cougar Enters Woman's House With Her Cat In Its Mouth
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