Those numbers don't transfer to cougar attacks. In Washington state, there have only been 22 cougar attacks on humans in the last 100 years. Two people have been killed. This is a developing story.

The animal weighed just 34 pounds when it collapsed in the hay on Penhallegon's property, which is 50 pounds underweight for a cat of its size. The team nursed it back to health and the cougar put ...

QUILCENE — A cougar checked itself into the Center Valley Animal Rescue for care. “I guess the word got out that this is where animals come when they need help, so they’re admitting themselves,” joked ...

An 8-year-old child survived a cougar attack in Washington’s Olympic National Park Saturday after the child’s mother started screaming at the animal, causing the cougar to leave, officials said.

The cougar killed Nov. 11 by a bowhunter in Buffalo County was a healthy young male, according to a DNR examination. The hunter, who was not cited in the incident, feared the animal would attack.

The cougar's brain and spinal cord were inflamed and contained areas of damaged tissue called lesions. "There's so much inflammation that the spinal cord can't do its job," Fox said.