The following video is embedded from a public Facebook post by Mark Single, who captured this cougar on video at Matheson Lake on April 23, 2017. According to this website, cougars have large home ranges and males have been recorded traveling over 50 kilometers in one day.

I’ve been waiting for years to catch one. Best day. -Mark Single

This is a good reminder that we live in cougar country. For safety information, see Cougar safety tips from Ladysmith and Take5NewsTV and Cougar Season (animal variety). Generally speaking, cougars will see you but you won’t even know they are there. Keep your kids close, and keep your pets (especially small, snack-sized ones) on a leash.

Last year’s cougar sightings and information

• Matheson Lake Cougar caught on video in East Sooke, April 2017
• A close encounter of the cougar kind
• Cougar safety tips from Ladysmith and Take5NewsTV
• Destroyed cougar attempted to enter a home, met human confrontation with aggression
• Cougar destroyed on Grant Rd
• Cougar Season (animal variety)
• Cougar alert for Whiffin Spit and area
• Cougar spotted by Sooke Chevron
• Cougar sightings trigger these tips from Wild Wise Sooke
• Cougar video, Sheringham Point Rd
• More cougar cautions for Sooke Potholes hiking area
• The Wild Wise Sooke website is your local wildlife information resource
• Cougar sightings in Sooke, a second take
• Cougar sightings in Sooke