A Vernon family captured video of a lynx walking on a concrete divider on Kick Willy Loop in December.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Patti Rogers
January 08, 2025 - 6:00 AM
Several wild cats have been spotted roaming in the Kamloops and Okanagan regions this past month including a cougar, lynx and bobcat.
One photographer even snapped a photo of a hibernating bear in its cave.
In December, a cougar was caught crossing the lawn on a residential house camera in Penticton, and later that month Vernon resident Patti Rogers captured video footage of a lynx walking along the top of a highway divider on Kick Willy Loop.
On Dec. 31, Kamloops photographer Taylor Pyle snapped a photo of a hibernating bear in a cave in the area, just after realizing the bear was inside.
"It’s a longer story but I truly had no idea the bear was in there," Pyle wrote in a social media post. "I would’ve not pulled out my camera and kneeled down. I would’ve been running. It was a complete fluke."
On Jan. 3, a curious bobcat was spotted wandering around Eldorado Resort in Kelowna.
“I thought this would make a great post for you,” said hotel brand manager Tarynn Parker in an email to iNFOnews.ca “He must have heard we have great Friday entertainment.”
If you have cool photos or footage of wild animals from your neck of the woods, send them to news@infonews.ca.
A bobcat was spotted at the Eldorado Resort in Kelowna on Jan. 3.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Tarynn Parker
Kamloops wildlife photographer Doug Giles snapped this photo of a lynx in Tulameen end of November.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Doug Giles
A cougar was spotted on a home security camera in Penticton in December.
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A hibernating bear was captured on camera in the Kamloops area in December.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Taylor Pyle
A bobcat stands outside the Eldorado Resort in Kelowna.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Tarynn Parker
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