An Oregon hotel received a surprise guest after a wild cougar took up residency in a room.
After police were alerted by the owner of the Oregon Motor Motel in The Dalles, officers from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife sedated and then euthanized the big cat.
The animal was found holed up in a room under construction and was removed after being sedated by a dart gun.
ODFW said it had no other option but to put it down.
"A cougar coming this far into downtown, into the business district and deep into a hotel complex, and not showing fear of people or wariness of urban environments? That’s just extremely odd," said Jeremy Thompson, ODFW district wildlife biologist.
"Considering this cougar’s concerning behavior, it was deemed a public safety risk not suitable for relocation, and so it was euthanized."
The big cat had been spotted close to the hotel a couple of days earlier.
It is the sixth cougar to be euthanized so far this year due to safety concerns to the general public.
Another cougar was put down in Silverton just a day earlier.
