{"id":604711,"date":"2025-10-24T14:53:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T18:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/?p=604711"},"modified":"2025-10-28T11:21:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:21:27","slug":"is-this-cougar-brave-enough-to-get-a-shot-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/videos\/is-this-cougar-brave-enough-to-get-a-shot-2\/","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<p>Special thanks to our friends at Busch Wildlife Sanctuary in Jupiter, Florida. Busch Wildlife Sanctuary is a nonprofit that runs completely on donations to keep their doors open.<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"479\" height=\"420\" data-id=\"604705\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid1-479x420-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-604705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid1-479x420-1.png 479w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid1-479x420-1-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid1-479x420-1-150x132.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"420\" data-id=\"604706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid2-438x420-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-604706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid2-438x420-1.png 438w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid2-438x420-1-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid2-438x420-1-150x144.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid3-1536x657-1-1024x438.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-604707\" style=\"width:1068px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid3-1536x657-1-1024x438.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid3-1536x657-1-300x128.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid3-1536x657-1-768x329.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid3-1536x657-1-150x64.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid3-1536x657-1-696x298.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid3-1536x657-1-1068x457.webp 1068w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid3-1536x657-1-982x420.webp 982w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cougarvid3-1536x657-1.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/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\u2019s 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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