PORTLAND, Ore. — Authorities say a dead hiker whose body was recovered this week was likely killed by a cougar, marking the first fatal attack by a wild cougar in Oregon and the second in the Pacific Northwest this year. DNA samples collected at the scene were being flown by the Oregon State Police to a U.S. Oregon wildlife officials are attempting to find and kill the animal, he said. State wildlife officials get about 400 complaints about the animals each year, according to authorities. In May, a mountain biker in Washington state was killed by a cougar on a trail east of Seattle, the first fatal attack in that state in 94 years.

Source: National Post September 11, 2018 23:21 UTC