SEATTLE — Animal news in Washington state has kept locals on their toes this year, with bizarre encounters and unexpected rescues making headlines.
Early in the year, a woman survived a cougar attack near Fall City when her friends jumped in to help. That was just the beginning for animal newsmakers in Washington state.
Here’s where things currently stand with some most attention-grabbing, animal-related stories of 2024:
Zebras on the loose near North Bend
On Sunday, April 28, the owner of four zebras who was transporting them from Winlock, Washington, to Anaconda, Montana, stopped just off Interstate 90 near North Bend area to fix a problem with the trailer. That’s when the zebras escaped and ran away…