Image: FVRD / A cougar snatched a cat Thursday morning near the intersection of Vedder Mountain Road and Cultus Lake Road, just west of the Vedder Bridge, a Chilliwack resident reported on Facebook. Conservation officers have been advised of the prowling cougar.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Cougar snatches cat

Cougar snatches cat near Vedder Mountain Rd. and Cultus Lake Rd.

Jan 5, 2023 | 3:30 PM

CHILLIWACK — Conservation officers in the Fraser Valley have been alerted after a cougar snatched a cat at a residence near the intersection of Vedder Mountain Road and Cultus Lake Road, just west of the Vedder Bridge, in Chilliwack.

Murray Jones posted on social media Thursday (Jan. 5) that a cougar grabbed his cat near his front door and made off with it.

“[The cougar] grabbed my cat near my front door,” Jones wrote on Facebook. “I heard a commotion and opened the door to look. The cougar was 3 feet away with my cat in its mouth. It turned to look at me and then ran.”

Jones advised that a conservation officer told him that they have had approximately 15 calls about a cougar.

“Be wary on the trails or in your yard,” Jones advised.

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The cougar sighting occurred less than a week after a cougar mauled a cat in Eastern Hillsides off Nixon Road just before the New Year, according to footage posted online by Chilliwack resident Erik Devisser. Days prior to that, a Chilliwack woman, Ashley Lee, encountered a cougar at the Island 22 dog park on Wednesday, Dec. 28.