Cougar numbers have increased since 1994 when Oregon voters approved a law prohibiting sport hunters from using dogs to track cougars — widely considered the most effective way to kill the big cats.

This submitted photo from 2018 shows a cougar. Counties could opt out of Oregon’s ban on cougar hunting with dogs under a bill that proponents claim is needed to protect livestock and wildlife. Under ...

A cougar (not the one pictured) followed a runner on June 11 in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon, wildlife officials said. National Park Service A cougar stalked a runner on an Oregon trail in an ...