There's a cougar in my backyard (reprise)

The Wild with Chris Morgan

KUOW News and Information

Science, Nature

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

A cougar biologist with Washington state once received a complaint. An old lady called him up and said, “There’s a cougar in my backyard.” And the biologist responded, “Well, that’s funny because I got a call this morning from a cougar. He told me there’s an old lady in his front yard!”

Our backyards are getting bigger. And the cougar’s front yard is getting smaller. This episode, we search out some of these big cats to understand the impact cougars and humans have on each other.

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0:43.7	Make a donation at KUOW.org or follow the link in the show notes.
0:49.4	And thanks.
0:51.4	Over the next season of the Wild, we're going to play some of our favorite episodes from our archives.
0:57.0	This one's extra special to me. It's about Cougars.
1:00.0	And it was our very first episode. It came out in the spring of 2019.
1:05.0	Some of the information might have changed. We'll have any updates at the end.
1:09.0	I hope you enjoy the episode.
1:11.0	Trevor and Audrey Diddell live in Snoqualmie, Washington, about 25 miles east of Seattle.
1:18.3	Twenty years ago, Snoqualmie had about 1600 residents.
1:22.4	Today, there are over 13,000 people. Single-family homes and
1:27.1	treeline cul-dysacks now spread across the valley. The Snokwami Parkway is the main The Snoqual
1:33.8	Parkway is the main artery running through town,
1:36.6	so it dumps commuters onto Interstate 90 as they head to office jobs in Seattle.
1:41.6	Just a simple right turn off that major road
1:44.8	sits the home of the Dadells. We pull into the cul-de-sac.
1:50.4	Audrey?
1:51.2	Hi. Hi. I'm Chris. Nice to meet you too.
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