A Michael Broad Blog
by Patricia (USA) Recently driving through rural northern Arizona. Observed a large animal crossing the road, when I got closer I saw that it was a very large cat thin cheetah shape, black short hair, mottled with brown. The cat must have weighed at least 30, 40 pounds and from nose to tail maybe …
The Puma cat range is shown below in purple. The map is based on a Google My Maps map, carefully prepared by me from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ map. The purpose of preparing this map is to allow people “on the ground” who have direct experience of the whereabouts of the …
by Michael (London, UK) Like all mountain lion attacks across the United States and Canada, mountain lion attacks in California are rare, very rare but there is no doubt that there is a distorted perception born out of plain fear that attacks are more likely than they are and the fear is somewhat unjustified. …
The puma is neither a big cat nor a small cat although it is the largest native North American cat. The puma has a large body with a small cat’s cranium. Perhaps though this cat is not quite as large as some people think or the name suggests. It is certainly much smaller than …
Mountain Lions Are Dangerous Creatures by Daniel (Phoenix, AZ) Mountain lions are dangerous creatures. I can appreciate the warnings, and even your respect for the animal, but I can’t agree with blaming men for every attack (see Mountain Lion Attack). It’s just as much in our nature to expand our territory as it is …
by Jonathan Figueroa (Tampa FL.) I know this sound unreal but me and one other person about 15 years ago each spotted a “Florida panther” in Marion Oaks, Florida in the western side of Marion County, Florida. I know the difference between a panther and a bobcat. There are huge differences across the board …
California cougar caught in homemade camera trap – photo randomtruth (Flickr) 3rd March 2011: The eastern cougar has been declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The last one was shot and stuffed in 1938 it is said. However people who comment on this event say they are still seeing eastern cougars …
by Nancy Thompson (Paintsville,Ky. U.S.A.) I live in Eastern Kentucky (Lawrence County) and all my life I have heard members of my family talk about sightings of the Black Panther. My grandmother talked of seeing them while walking home after dark. My grandfather has seen them while out working the farm or while in …
