{"id":789837,"date":"2026-07-09T05:13:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T05:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/789837\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T05:13:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T05:13:19","slug":"cougar-spotted-near-moonshine-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/789837\/","title":{"rendered":"Cougar spotted near Moonshine Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ec5399c4-85dd-4df2-b7a0-f98a32d7f3ae-1.jpg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image Credit: Saddle Hills County)<\/p>\n<p>By Nathaniel Leigh<\/p>\n<p>Wild Animal Sighting <\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJul 8, 2026 | 12:16 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Saddle Hills County is warning the public a cougar was spotted at the campground near Moonshine Lake. <\/p>\n<p>Alberta Fish and Wildlife has been notified, and residents and visitors are being urged to use extreme caution and to not approach the animal if sighted.<\/p>\n<p>The County says cougar sightings can be reported to Alberta Fish and Wildlife by calling 1-800-642-3800.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Image Credit: Saddle Hills County) By Nathaniel Leigh Wild Animal Sighting Jul 8, 2026 | 12:16 PM Saddle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":789838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":["post-789837","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\/789837","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=789837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/789838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}