Yesterday, a friend sent over this photo that he snapped while walking near Brookswood Blvd.

There was plenty of cause for alarm as a cougar — likely one cougar — had been seen throughout the southwest part of Bend and Deschutes River Woods.

But KTVZ is now reporting that a cougar (or the cougar) was captured in DRW after it killed a deer in someone’s backyard. The deer’s body was then put in a trap, which eventually captured the 120-pound male cougar, which was then euthanized by ODFW officials.

Check out the story, complete with video images.

Photo: Conor Holmberg.

This article appears in May 12-18, 2011.

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Bend’s Prowling Cougar is No More

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
May 13, 2011

<h1>Bend’s Prowling Cougar is No More</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />May 13, 2011</p> <p>Yesterday, a friend sent over this photo that he snapped while walking near Brookswood Blvd.</p> <p> There was plenty of cause for alarm as a cougar -- likely <em>one </em>cougar -- had been seen throughout the southwest part of Bend and Deschutes River Woods.</p> <p>But <a href="http://www.ktvz.com/news/27869493/detail.html" target="_blank">KTVZ is now reporting</a> that a cougar (or <em>the cougar</em>) was captured in DRW after it killed a deer in someone's backyard. The deer's body was then put in a trap, which eventually captured the 120-pound male cougar, which was then euthanized by ODFW officials.</p> <p><a href="http://www.ktvz.com/news/27869493/detail.html" target="_blank">Check out the story, complete with video images.</a></p> <p><em>Photo: Conor Holmberg.</em></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/bends-prowling-cougar-is-no-more-2138278/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=13372&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/bends-prowling-cougar-is-no-more-2138278/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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