This submitted photo from 2018 shows a cougar. Counties could opt out of Oregon’s ban on cougar hunting with dogs under a bill that proponents claim is needed to protect livestock and wildlife. Under ...

Cougar numbers have increased since 1994 when Oregon voters approved a law prohibiting sport hunters from using dogs to track cougars — widely considered the most effective way to kill the big cats.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Corvallis police are urging residents to keep their small pets and children indoors after a cougar was spotted in the area burying a small deer it had killed underneath a ...