{"id":349324,"date":"2026-07-23T00:58:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T00:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/349324\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T00:58:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T00:58:48","slug":"cougar-sightings-continue-on-trail-systems-in-jacksonville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/349324\/","title":{"rendered":"Cougar sightings continue on trail systems in Jacksonville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    \u00b7<\/p>\n<p>\n                        July 22, 2026 at 12:30 pm\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>JACKSONVILLE, Ore. \u2013 Jacksonville Police are reminding hikers to stay alert as cougar sightings continue in the Britt Trail system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kobi5.com\/news\/cougar-sighting-near-britt-gardens-308006\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first reported sighting<\/a> occurred in late May in the Rich Gulch\/Britt Gardens area near Panorama View Point. Nearly two months later, police say they are still receiving reports of a cougar in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Police say there have been no reports of aggressive behavior, but they encourage hikers and other trail users to remain aware of their surroundings.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville Police recommend keeping pets on a leash, avoiding hiking alone, and reporting any cougar sightings or encounters to law enforcement. Officers say they will continue monitoring the area for additional reports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;font-style: italic;\">\u00a9 2026 KOBI-TV NBC5. All rights reserved unless otherwise stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00b7 July 22, 2026 at 12:30 pm JACKSONVILLE, Ore. \u2013 Jacksonville Police are reminding hikers to stay alert&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[142945,142946,142947,142948,5949,116,118,117,22162],"class_list":["post-349324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-britt-trail","tag-cougar-sightings","tag-hikers","tag-hiking-safety","tag-jackson-county","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jacksonville-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}