A HIKE ON THE CLIFFS IN SEATTLE...

By GEORGE TIBBITS

Associated Press Writer

SEATTLE —
A cougar that apparently had lived in Seattle for more than two weeks and forced the city's largest park to close was captured early Sunday and returned to the wild, state wildlife officials said.

The cougar was immobilized with a tranquilizer in Discovery Park about 2:30 a.m. after hunting dogs treed it, Department of Fish and Wildlife Capt. Bill Hebner said.

An enforcement officer and the dogs tracked the animal after authorities were told it had been spotted Saturday night, the latest sighting in or near the 534-acre preserve, he said.

CHRIS TOOK ME ON A NICE HIKE IN DISCOVERY PARK ON THE SOUND IN SEATTLE. AS WE WENT ALONG HE ENCOURAGED ME TO COME ON UP THE LITTLE HILL...THEN HE SHOWED ME THE NEXT STEP. WHEN WE GOT UP AND OVER THE TOP HE SHARED THE STORY ABOUT THE COUGAR THAT JUST GOT CAUGHT THERE...NOTHING LIKE "NEED TO KNOW".



THE CLIFFS DID REMIND ME OF THE CLIFFS OF DUNNINGS :)