A man in Baker Oregon with a cougar permit shot a cougar and then found out it was a lactating female. Knowing that the kittens would die within of a few hours without their mother he was able to track the female back to her den through the snow. He found 3 kittens in the den which he rescued and took them to the fish and game in Baker knowing that he was probably going to get into trouble for killing a lactating female cougar which is against the law in Oregon even though he had no way of knowing she was lactating. The kittens now are healthy and are being bottle fed every 4 hours and eventually will end up in a NC Zoo