Cougar near provincial legislature in Victoria B.C. captured
Conservation officers in Victoria managed to shoot a large cougar with a tranquilizer dart Monday morning ending a terrifying chase through the streets near the edge of the provincial legislature grounds. The cougar was first spotted in the James Bay neighbourhood on Sunday night, but it eluded capture until almost 10 a.m. the following morning.
A wild cougar runs away before it was chased down and eventually trapped and tranquilized in the community of James Bay in Victoria, B.C.Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press
Dog handler Mike Farrally tries to track down a cougar with his Layser hounds, Jim and Phoebe, in the community of James Bay in Victoria, B.C.Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press
Residents point in the direction of a wild cougar that was chased down and eventually trapped and tranquilized in the community of James Bay in Victoria, B.C.Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press
A police officer with her gun drawn is caught off guard as a wild cougar runs by in the parking lot of an apartment building in the community of James Bay in Victoria, B.C.Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press
Residents look over a fence where a wild cougar was chased down and eventually trapped and tranquilized in the community of James Bay in Victoria, B.C..Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press
Victoria Police help B.C. conservation carry a cougar which was tranquilized in the backyard of an apartment building in the community of James Bay in Victoria, B.C.,Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press
Dog handler Mike Farrally arrives with his Layser hounds, Jim and Phoebe, to help track down a wild cougar last seen in the community of James Bay in Victoria, B.C.,Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press
Victoria Police search the neighbourhood for a wild cougar that was chased down and eventually trapped and tranquilized in the community of James Bay in Victoria, B.C.Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press
A B.C. Conservation officer tranquilizes a cougar in the backyard of an apartment building in the community of James Bay in Victoria, B.C.Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press
Police help B.C. conservation officers load a cougar into a container to transport a cougar which was tranquilized in the backyard of an apartment building in the community of James Bay in Victoria, B.C.Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press