NEWSLINK: Is a cougar on the prowl in Peoria?

What’s skulking around the Rolling Acres neighborhood?


A cougar.


That’s according to two reports to Peoria County Animal Control Services, plus chatter on social media. PCAPS animal-control officers have searched the area but have spotted no cougar.


“So far, there’s nothing credible,” says Bridget Domenighini, director of PCAPS.


That’s not what some residents think in Rolling Acres, the area roughly bounded by War Memorial Drive to the west, University Street to the east, Glen Avenue to the south and Northmoor Road to the north. Nextdoor, a website that allows neighbors to share news and whatnot, featured several posts about a cougar over the past few days:

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