A cougar that wandered onto the docks at Newport's Embarcadero resort on Thursday drowned after a sedation attempt by officials, the Newport Police Department reports.The cougar was first spotted  prowling the docks of the resort that afternoon by residents,

A cougar that was seen prowling the docks along Newport's Embarcadero Marina on Oct. 17 has died, after it was sedated by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife officials.

A cougar has drowned in Newport after being shot with a tranquilizer dart Thursday. That’s according to a Facebook post by the Newport Police Department. Police say the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW),

The cougar that caused slight alarm by wandering onto a Newport pier early Thursday has died. Despite initial reports of a successful water rescue after the tranquilized big cat jumped off the dock next to the Embarcadero Resort, officials now say the cougar “took on too much water” and drowned.