SAN ANTONIO – A wild cougar that escaped from the Wild Animal Orphanage on the city's Far West Side Friday morning has been captured. Shortly after 3 pm the cougar was found in the wooded area around Leslie Rd and Loop 1604.
News 4 WOAI talked to a woman who says she came outside and saw a cougar attacking her dog. She kicked the cougar and it ran off. Police told the woman the cougar escaped through a hole in a cage at the Wild Animal Orphanage.
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BREAKING NEWS: Loose Cougar Located
Cougar Escaped Wild Animal Orphanage
POSTED: Friday, November 19, 2010
UPDATED: 3:47 pm CST November 19, 2010
SAN ANTONIO -- A San Antonio police spokeswoman said the adult wild cougar that escaped from the Wild Animal Orphanage on the city's far Northwest Side Friday morning has been located.
Spokeswoman Sandy Gutierrez said the around 3 p.m., the cougar was found in a wooded area near the intersection of Leslie Road and Loop 1604._________________________________________________
She said the cougar is no longer a danger to the community.
Carol Asvestas, the former director of the animal facility, told KSAT 12 News that the cougar showed up on the deck of her home in the 9600 block of Leslie Road and dragged a puppy away. An adult dog chased off the cougar and led Asvestas to a dry creek bed, where the puppy was. The puppy was injured and was being treated at a veterinary hospital.
Asvestas said the cougar escaped from a hole in an enclosure it was being kept in.
Cougar caged after escape from northwest-side sanctuary
by KENS 5 staff____________________________________________
kens5.com
Posted on November 19, 2010 at 12:23 PM
Updated today at 4:38 PM
UPDATE -- A cougar that had escape from an animal sanctuary in northwest San Antonio has been captured.
The Wild Animal Orphanage is located at 9626 Leslie Road just outside Loop 1604 near Helotes. It is inside San Antonio city limits.
A neighbor said the cougar attacked a puppy at around 8 a.m. Friday and left it near death. She said one of her bigger dogs attacked the cougar, driving it away.
While officers conducted a search, area schools were on the alert and elementary school administrators canceled recess Friday afternoon.
The shelter is in the process of moving, and staff believe the cougar got out as cages were moved around. All along, they said they didn't think the animal would wander far.
Suzanne Straw with the Wild Animal Orphanage said she thought the cougar would return to its home at the sanctuary because the animal was not very mobile and that its mate was housed at the sanctuary. She believed the cougar would return to where her food source is, and that would be the shelter.
After an eight-hour search, law enforcement officers spotted the cougar around 3:30 p.m. and shot him with a dart gun. With a sigh of relief, the animal was returned to the sanctuary.
Since 1990, there have been 11 deadly cougar attacks in the United States. So, authorities say the cats are very dangerous.
Thank you Lord for protecting Sarah! She was sedated and now the vet is looking her over to make sure she is okay. Thank goodness, this ended so well for her!!
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