Cougar with no fear of humans killed

Mounties have shot and killed a cougar spotted prowling in the Nanaimo area for weeks. RCMP Const. Gary O’Brien says police received numerous reports of a cougar roaming the docks and fish-cleaning station around the Nanaimo Yacht Club early Wednesday. The B.C. Conservation Officer Service had recently set up several traps on nearby Newcastle Island in an attempt to capture a cougar alive, which the service’s Stuart Bates says was likely the same animal. He noted that the Mounties don’t carry tranquillizer guns.