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Sighting of a cougar prowling around a residential area in Kelowna is not cause for widespread panic, an Okanagan conservation officer says. 

“He’s a little more jumpy than normal with the restricted vision but he’s eating, drinking and walking without trouble!”

Deer mothers leave their babies alone for hours at a time

Deer mothers leave their babies alone for hours at a time

Deer mothers leave their babies alone for hours at a time

According to the Conservation Officer Service, some people try to “rescue” fawns and other young ungulates, because they mistake them to be orphaned and in need of care.

B.C. conservation officers tranquillized and then euthanized a young bear in Kelowna on Tuesday afternoon after it kept visiting properties with garbage outside.