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Thursday, September 2, 2004
State seeks 'non-lethal option' for baby cougars found in back yard
DUVALL -- Three 6-week-old cougar kittens are being fed and cared for by an animal-welfare organization while questions about their future are decided.
The kittens were found Aug. 21 in the back yard of Steve Schroeder and Sheilah MacDonald in Duvall. The two took the little cougars to PAWS in Lynnwood the next day. There they are being fed by wildlife specialists working to prevent them from imprinting on humans.
A state Fish and Wildlife official said yesterday he doubts the kittens belonged to a lactating female cougar killed in the area Aug. 9 by a wildlife agent because the animal was killing chickens.
The little cougars were weak, dehydrated and hungry when they were found but would have been in much worse shape had they been left alone since the cougar was killed, Capt. Bill Hebner of Fish and Wildlife said.
The kittens are being fed formula and some meat four times daily, said Kip Parker, PAWS wildlife director.
They weighed 3 pounds each when found and now weigh 5 pounds each.
As for the future, "obviously, rehabilitation or some other non-lethal option is our preferred option," Hebner said.
A state decision on the kittens' future is expected in about a week.
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