By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Wildlife officers are trying to catch a cougar suspected of killing a llama in the Meade Hill area of Glenoma.
Authorities were contacted yesterday after the discovery of the dead animal, according to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.
“We do suspect it could be a cougar, we did put out a live trap,” department spokesperson Craig Bartlett said.
Bartlett said the big cats’ chief prey are deer and elk, but they don’t hibernate and they’re out and about, and hungry this time of year.
He said it appeared whatever attacked the llama had gone back to eat on it a couple of times.
If it’s captured, and could be tied to the llama, it will probably be euthanized, he said.
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