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Vol. 60, Issue 179
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Cougar kills livestock on edge of Cranbrook Conservation officers kill one of two adolescent cats ANNALEE GR ANT Townsman Staff
Dan Mills woke to a terrible sight Wednesday morning, after a cougar crept onto his property one kilometre south of Cranbrook city limits and preyed on his livestock. In the middle of the night, an adolescent cougar had taken one of Mills’ five llamas. Conservation officers soon arrived to confirm what they called a “textbook” cougar kill. Trauma to the llama’s neck was characteristic of a cougar attack. After confirming it was a cougar that took the llama, the CO used hounds to try to track the animal, but lost the scent as the day got hotter. The property lies one kilometre outside of city limits – and within a kilometre of an elementary school.
Conservation officers set up traps around the carcass and instructed Mills to check the traps at dusk. Sure enough, when Mills returned in the evening of Sept. 12, he saw the characteristic glowing eyes of a cougar. “Just as he predicted, the cougar returned and got caught in one of the traps,” Mills said. The animal was destroyed, and conservation officers believe it was a smaller adolescent, about 17 months old that may have been traveling with a sibling after being pushed out by their mother. After catching the first cat, Mills said the COs cleaned up the area and were able to determine a second cougar was involved due to new tracks.
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BARRY COULTER PHOTO
KING IN CRANBROOK: Elvis was on hand Wednesday night at the Tamarack Centre to give the annual All Male Fashion Show a proper Las Vegas ambience. Hundreds of citizens (mostly female) turned out to see members of the RCMP, the College of the Rockies Avalanche and the Kootenay Ice strut their stuff in the latest styles. The show is a fund-raiser for Cops For Kids, and the RCMP team cycling through southern B.C. was also there helping run the event. See next week for a special photo feature.
Local woman goes to work for accessibility ANNALEE GR ANT Townsman Staff
It was a simple shopping trip that inspired Lori Montcalm to take action. Lori was forced to wait outside earlier this summer as her visiting family toured local shops. They
Free ramps available for local businesses rushed through so they didn’t leave her waiting outside on the sidewalk. Being in a wheelchair in Cranbrook, Lori said it’s a familiar situation for her, and many don’t
realize a lack of accessibility for disabled people extends way beyond the person in the chair. “Living in a wheelchair is an exercise in isolation and frustration,” she said. “It’s not
just me, it’s my friends and family.” So when a friend sent her the link to a project called Stop Gap that offers to build free ramps for businesses, Lori couldn’t wait to get it
started here in Cranbrook to eliminate some of those barriers for people just like her. “There are places here in Cranbrook that I can’t get into so I decided to pick up the torch,” she said.
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