RP CONTACTED ME BY PHONE. RP SAID A COUGAR WAS HANGING AROUND HIS PROPERTY NEAR HIS HOME ALL MORNING. RP WAS ABLE TO STAND ON HIS PORCH AND TAKE PICTURES OF THE COUGAR. RP SAID COUGAR LOOKED AT HIM BUT DID NOT SEEM CONCERNED. DUE TO PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS WITH THE HIGHLY POPULATED AREA AND ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR, I CONTACTED A LOCAL HOUNDSMAN. HOUNDSMAN RESPONDED WITHIN AN HOUR AND RAN THE COUGAR WITH DOGS FOR A COUPLE MILES WHERE HE LOST IT. HOUNDSMAN SAID COUGAR SEEMED UNAFRAID OF HOMES AS IT RAN BY SEVERAL. I ISSUED THE HOUNDSMAN A DEPREDATION PERMIT GOOD FOR 15 DAYS.
