Cascade Falls Regional Park is closed after a two-year-old boy was attacked by a cougar on Monday afternoon.
The B.C. Conservation Officer Service said the young boy was injured while an adult was taking some young children for a walk along the trail near Mission, B.C., around 4 p.m.
The boy suffered minor injuries, including scratches to his back and a puncture wound to his arm.
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Sgt. Todd Hunter with the B.C. Conservation Officer Service said the park will remain closed as conservation officers monitor the area and “come up with a long-term solution.”
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“It’s likely it could have been moving through the area, there’s nothing holding it here,” Hunter said of the cougar.
“As far as we know, it’s an isolated incident.”
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