Worries about cougars nosing around Banff townsite can be eased for now by moving the big cats to remote sections of park. A cougar sits in a cage in the warden's office in Banff, Alta., Thursday, Jan. 4, 2001. But Parks Canada officials acknowledge that the abnormally large herds of elk clustered around Banff's homes and businesses will continue to draw the predators. And a Banff environmentalist says that people, as well as predators and prey, must become part of the solution.
Wardens say it was the first such death in Alberta's Rocky Mountains.
They believe the animal stocked her and then pounced. A woman and her dog were cornered and rescued by a neighbour. Another dog was approached, then driven off. Residents and park officials saw a cougar crossing a road and Thursday morning, RCMP found an elk killed by a cougar near the park administration building. The one that killed Frost was destroyed.