{"id":11147,"date":"2026-07-13T07:14:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T07:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/puma-captured-in-polanow-after-forest-manhunt\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T07:14:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T07:14:29","slug":"puma-captured-in-polanow-after-forest-manhunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/puma-captured-in-polanow-after-forest-manhunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Puma Captured in Polan\u00f3w After Forest Manhunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities successfully tranquilized and captured a puma in the Polan\u00f3w municipality on Monday morning after the animal was lured out of the forest near the village of Karsinka.  <\/p>\n<h4>The Capture and Likely Relocation<\/h4>\n<p>The puma was apprehended following the use of bait set up near Karsinka. On Sunday afternoon, the animal emerged from the forest, allowing responders to successfully deploy a tranquilizer dart, as reported by Rmf24.pl.<\/p>\n<p>Officials indicate that the predator will most likely be transferred to the Pozna\u0144 Zoo.<\/p>\n<h4>Initial Sightings and Behavioral Observations<\/h4>\n<p>The operation began several days ago after a hunter recorded close-up footage of the animal. Maciej Wi\u00f3rek from the Regional Directorate of State Forests noted that the puma appeared unresponsive to noise and warning shots, suggesting the animal might be elderly or partially deaf.<\/p>\n<h4>Municipal Response and Precautionary Measures<\/h4>\n<p>Following reports to the Manowo Forest District, the Polan\u00f3w municipal government established a crisis management team and issued warnings to residents, urging them to avoid forests near Karsinka and Rekowo. Specialized wildlife removal experts from Szczecin and forest patrols were deployed to locate the animal.<\/p>\n<h4>History of Predator Alerts in West Pomerania<\/h4>\n<p>This is not the first instance of suspected big cat sightings in the region. In late January, the B\u0119dzino municipality issued a warning regarding a potential puma or cheetah after a camera trap captured footage in Strachomino, though that animal was never located or captured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities successfully tranquilized and captured a puma in the Polan\u00f3w municipality on Monday morning after the animal was lured out of the forest near the village of Karsinka. The Capture and Likely Relocation The puma was apprehended following the use of bait set up near Karsinka. On Sunday afternoon, the animal emerged from the forest, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-expat-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}