As always, business and economic expansion is more important, at the end of the day, to wild species conservation. And the Trump administration, as we well know, is very keen on economic expansion in the USA together with the resultant … Continue reading →
Here are a couple of screenshots from a camera trap video in the Florida Everglades. The camera was positioned extremely well. The cat genuinely looks like a puma/bobcat hybrid. There is no escaping that conclusion. The cat is about the … Continue reading →
The Eastern Cougar has been extinct in America for at least 70 years. However, it remained on the Federal List of Threatened and Endangered Wildlife despite being classified as extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It looks as … Continue reading →
Black pumas are melanistic pumas (aka: cougars, mountain lions). They are also called black panthers. Melanistic leopards and jaguars are also called black panthers. Jordan Carlton Schaul of the University of Alaska says that black jaguarundis are also referred to … Continue reading →
by Tom Haddad (goldsboro, NC) I saw a large strange cat in 1988 in port St.Lucie/Stuart fla. – My wife saw 2 of them. I have tried on many occasions to identify this cat This was in my front yard, … Continue reading →
I am a Florida native. My family goes back before Florida was a state. I used to see the panther in Inverness (see map) when I was a child and they were black, they are now the color they are … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
Can Florida Panthers Be Saved from Extinction? by Sylvia Ann (Washington state, U.S.A.) Puma – there are almost no photos of the Florida puma. Photo by rbglasson (Flickr) What are their chances of survival? Since my cougar lore is shaky, … Continue reading →
The Florida panther is a thorn in the side of economic growth and a barrier to improving the lives of the people of Florida – discuss. This large wild cat is simply the well known puma, cougar or mountain lion … Continue reading →
