Cougar Attacks News Today

A group of five cyclists were attacked by a cougar on a bike trail Saturday afternoon, leaving one woman hospitalized.

An 8-year-old child was taken to a hospital over the weekend after an ‘extraordinarily rare’ attack by a cougar inside Washington's Olympic National Park.

The recent cougar attack got me wondering: What would I do if I encountered a cougar? What should I do?

The recent cougar attack got me wondering: What would I do if I encountered a cougar? What should I do?

The recent cougar attack got me wondering: What would I do if I encountered a cougar? What should I do?

>> mike: take a look at this. white plumes of acid mixed with extremely shards of glass filled the sky over hawaii as molten rock from the kilauea volcano board into the ocean. this toxic steam cloud is the latest hazard from the volcano eruption. its born from a chemical reaction when lava touches seawater. it depends on the beast but wildlife experts say a general rule when facing a potentially deadly encounter is hold your ground and make a lot of noise. dan springer tonight with a story abou...

We turn this evening to the deadly cougar attack near seattle. two bikers desperately trying to escape. heres abcs will carr. >> reporter: tonight, scientists performing dna tests on this cougar, after the cougar was caught looming over a mountain bikers body. >> caller is reporting that his friend was attacked by a mountain lion. >> reporter: on saturday, the bikers encountering the 100-pound predator on this hiking trail outside seattle. initially scaring the cat off, but the cougar doubling b...

Reported his whole head was inside the jaws of this cougar and has injuries to go along with that report. >> cougar attacks are extremely rare. only the second fatality in washington state and the first in 96 years. humans are not considered prey for mountain lions. they are protected species in washington state. fish and wildlife does allow 50 to be hunted and killed each year. officials say this mountain lion was a very thin 3-year-old male and his brain will be examined to find out why this h...

See this. that is the good piece of news here. we are going to be warming up thanks to the moisture coming out of the gulf and talk about the temperature change today. new york city youre warming 12 degrees and pittsburgh warming 12 degrees and also raleigh. it will feel so much better as yesterday were in the 30s and 40s. a lot more 50s up on the map and charlotte trying to get near that 60-degree mark so hopefully a distant memory by the time we go to the weekend more importantly. >> clawing i...