Chile lockdown: Third cougar caught in Santiago streets
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The cougar was taken to the Metropolitan Zoo for a health check
In the Chilean capital, Santiago, another cougar has been sighted wandering through a residential neighbourhood.
Officials caught the big cat and took it to the zoo to check its health, before releasing it back into its natural habitat.
Two other cougars have been caught since the city fell quiet amid the movement restrictions imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Santiago has six million inhabitants.
"They sense less noise and are also looking for new places to find food and some get lost and appear in the cities," Horacio Bórquez, Chile's national director of livestock and agriculture service, said of the animals.
Experts say a severe drought in the foothills around Santiago means the cats are venturing further in their search for food than they normally would.
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Awwwwwww.
Thank goodness they are not killing these beautiful creatures.