WA: Neighbor Shoots Gun to Scare off Cougar that Attacked Dog

The Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office says Shannon Cernick was walking her dog about 8 p.m. when they came across a cougar on the trail.

The dog was not on a leash and the two animals started fighting.

The sheriff’s office said Cernick ran to get help. She returned with a neighbor’s friend who shot a gun at the cougar and it ran off.

Authorities say, “there was no sign that the cougar was struck.”
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