SPOKANE — Washington state wildlife biologists have caught and tagged a 197-pound (89-kilogram) cougar.
The Spokesman-Review reports that the biologists tagged the massive cat on Monday north of Chewelah.
State carnivore research scientist Brian Kertson called the cat a monster. He said it’s so muscular that the first tranquilizer dart he shot at it popped out as the cat flexed.
Kertson says it’s the largest cougar caught in Washington state — as far as he knows.
Bart George, a wildlife biologist for the Kalispel Tribe, said the cougar was eating mostly elk.
