A motion-activated camera Gordon Peachey slung over his back fence came back with some footage of a couple magnificent beasts.
Wednesday morning, at around 7 a.m. Peachey caught on video a female cougar and her cub sauntering past his Crawford Estates home.
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As the owner of two small dogs, Peachey knows that while sightings of this kind are interesting, he also has to be wary and, in turn, he watches his pets sa国际传媒渓ike a hawk.sa国际传媒�
BC Conservation Officer Micah Kneller said thatsa国际传媒檚 exactly the right thing to do, as well as ensuring that other attractants, like garbage, and hobby farm refuse are tucked away.
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In the meantime, expect to hear more about cougar sightings.
Kneller pointed out that much of the Okanagan is in an interface area, which explains many of the cougar and bobcat sightings that have come in through recent days.
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sa国际传媒淐ougars are very shy and they are just normally active at night.
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Kneller pointed out that the rise in sightings over winter months is also to do with the fact that itsa国际传媒檚 easier to see a cougar when itsa国际传媒檚 highlighted against a bright white, backdrop.
In winter, you can see their tracks, where you otherwise would not.
Also, if you have a sighting donsa国际传媒檛 just post it to your favourite Facebook chat site.
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