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Washington girl, 11, shoots and kills cougar tracking her brother
Published February 27, 2014
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TWISP, WASH. –  An 11-year-old girl shot a cougar that was following her 14-year-old brother to their home at Twisp, in north central Washington, the state Fish and Wildlife Department said.

The female cougar killed last week was about 4 years old and weighed about 50 pounds — half of what it should weigh, said Officer Cal Treser.

“This cougar was very, very skinny,” he said.

It was the third cougar killed in a week in the area just outside Twisp, The Wenatchee World reported Tuesday.

The children’s father, Tom White, had chased the cougar away from their calves twice on Feb. 19. The next day his son went out to feed the dogs and was returning to a basement door when he spotted the cougar following him, Treser said.

“His dad was in there and said, ‘Close the door!’ and there was the cougar, right behind him,” Treser said.

His 11-year-old daughter had a tag to hunt cougars and shot the animal, he said.

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Re: Washington girl, 11, shoots and kills cougar tracking her brother
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2014, 05:05:17 PM »
Good shootin'. ::thumbsup::
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Re: Washington girl, 11, shoots and kills cougar tracking her brother
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2014, 11:48:04 AM »
They have to look at deer and other populations, lack of food and desperate starving predators doesn't sound like a good recipe to follow.  Glad she was able to put it down.
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