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Cougar captured in downtown Penticton

PENTICTON – The cat up the tree in downtown Penticton was no household kitty. It was an intruder from the woods.

On Wednesday morning, a cougar was spotted up a tree along the Okanagan lake waterfront.

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RCMP and conservation officers were called to deal with the potentially dangerous situation.

The cougar was shot with a tranquilizer dart, but before the drug took effect, it jumped out of the tree and ran along the sidewalk.

The big cat was captured a short distance away.

Conservation officers tagged it and released it back into the wild

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