Cougar and cub sighting at Victoria Beach

There are posters up at the general store and post office in Victoria Beach asking residents to be extra cautious.

Three sightings of a cougar and a cub were reported over the holidays.

Police Chief Stewart MacPherson saidone of the sightings was by a wildlife biologist.

"We knew that we had a cougar. Now that we know there is a cougar with a cub there is a mating pair. And that just makes us very cautious."

MacPherson says bears in the area are common, but cougars are very elusive.

He suspects the cougar may be going between the R-M of Victoria Beach and Elk Island.

" And on route there are a number of fishing huts. But it just makes it a little more, with the cub, the female is going to be very protective."

MacPhersonsays there are a lotof deer and wolves in the R-M and the wildlife population is high.

He says natural resources officers are aware of the cougar but they aren't tracking it.