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WILLMAR, Minn. (AP) - The cougar captured in a Willmar neighborhood yesterday is going to a shelter for large cats.
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Manager Leroy Dahlke says Tammy Quist of The Wildcat Sanctuary in Cedar has agreed to take the cat, and it will be taken there once all the permits and paperwork is completed. The DNR says Quist will try to find an accredited sanctuary approved by the DNR that will eventually take the cougar.
The Sanctuary gives shelter and rehabilitation to dozens of large cats, and is not a zoo. It is not open to the public.
The female cougar weighs about 80 pounds and is believed to be 12 to 18 months old. It isn't known if the animal is a pet or if it roamed into Minnesota from another state. The DNR says the nearest wild cougar population is in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Manager Leroy Dahlke says Tammy Quist of The Wildcat Sanctuary in Cedar has agreed to take the cat, and it will be taken there once all the permits and paperwork is completed. The DNR says Quist will try to find an accredited sanctuary approved by the DNR that will eventually take the cougar.
The Sanctuary gives shelter and rehabilitation to dozens of large cats, and is not a zoo. It is not open to the public.
The female cougar weighs about 80 pounds and is believed to be 12 to 18 months old. It isn't known if the animal is a pet or if it roamed into Minnesota from another state. The DNR says the nearest wild cougar population is in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
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