{"id":648125,"date":"2026-05-04T22:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T22:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/648125\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T22:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T22:51:08","slug":"wildsafe-bc-issues-public-warning-after-multiple-cougar-sightings-in-kamloops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/648125\/","title":{"rendered":"WildSafe BC issues public warning after multiple cougar sightings in Kamloops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/f3fd4f70-67c7-44f0-a77c-ae6510689aff.jpg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image Credit: The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n<p>By Elora McCormack<\/p>\n<p>Cougar sightings<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tMay 4, 2026 | 11:03 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>KAMLOOPS \u2014 WildSafe BC has issued a public safety notice after cougar sightings reported in the West Juniper and Rose Hill areas.<\/p>\n<p>WildSafe officials said spotting wild animals can be common in those areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese locations are known wildlife corridors and occasional cougar sightings can occur as animals move through the region,\u201d said WildSafe.<\/p>\n<p>The organization said you should keep several things in mind to stay safe in areas where cougars have been spotted:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Image Credit: The Canadian Press) By Elora McCormack Cougar sightings May 4, 2026 | 11:03 AM KAMLOOPS \u2014&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":["post-648125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}