KHQ Right Now - News and Weather for Spokane and North Idaho | Cougars Sighted In Harrison Idaho

HARRISON, Idaho - The city of Harrison, Idaho has mailed out and posted flyers throughout the city to warn residents about a cougar that has been sighted several times within the last three weeks.

The flyers inform people of ways to protect themselves and to scare off the cougar if they happen to encounter it. Idaho's local Fish and Game officer, Julie McCarley, said if somebody spots the cat again, they should give her a call at 208-819-1309.

She has a team of dogs ready to hunt it and has gone out and searched for it herself several times without any luck.