Seeing a trapped animal caught in a trap that could murder me in under three seconds flat doesn’t exactly get me itching to release it. The desire to free it is even smaller when that animal is a massive cougar that’s hissing and growling every time I get near it. Even with all that, two Division of Wildlife Resource employees save the day while managing to stay safe.
Description of the event from the Storyful News YouTube Channel:
Footage has been released showing a large cougar being released from a bobcat trap in the Pine Valley Mountains in southern Utah. Division of Wildlife Resources employee Mark Ekins took the footage after he responded to a call to help release a mountain lion on December 17. Ekins notes that “Trappers in the state of Utah are a huge asset in controlling predator populations, and essential in wildlife management.”
