{"id":610494,"date":"2025-08-09T08:50:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T12:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/?p=610494"},"modified":"2025-10-29T11:51:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:51:21","slug":"is-this-cougar-brave-enough-to-get-a-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/videos\/is-this-cougar-brave-enough-to-get-a-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Is This Cougar Brave Enough To Get A Shot?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r9T1huMnMXE?si=qIWdHp9n8l7eWapN\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Charlie couldn\u2019t survive in the wild after his claws were removed. That\u2019s why the Busch Wildlife Sanctuary team stepped up. Getting him to his new home wasn\u2019t easy. They needed to move a fully-grown cougar from California all the way to Florida. Thankfully, the team was up for the challenge, but would this feisty feline feel comfortable in his new surroundings? And when would that other cougar share his toys? Wait\u2026was that a needle?! Uh oh\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" data-id=\"610504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid1-300x263.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-610504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid1-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid1-768x673.png 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid1-479x420.png 479w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid1-150x131.png 150w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid1-696x610.png 696w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid1.png 1017w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" data-id=\"610505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid2-300x288.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-610505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid2-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid2-768x737.png 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid2-438x420.png 438w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid2-150x144.png 150w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid2-696x668.png 696w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid2.png 997w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1916\" height=\"820\" data-id=\"610506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-610506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid3.png 1916w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid3-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid3-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid3-768x329.png 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid3-1536x657.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid3-981x420.png 981w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid3-150x64.png 150w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid3-696x298.png 696w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid3-1068x457.png 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1916px) 100vw, 1916px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Poor Charlie! Taken out of the wild. At least he&#8217;s happier now. What do you think of his story?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlie couldn\u2019t survive in the wild after his claws were removed. That\u2019s why the Busch Wildlife Sanctuary team stepped up. Getting him to his new home wasn\u2019t easy. They needed to move a fully-grown cougar from California all the way to Florida. 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