The answer is one that is typical of any of the wild cat species; we really don’t have accurate information on the number of pumas left in the world 2020. The first point to make is that the question concerns … Continue reading →
Having read the entirety of the section on the feeding ecology of pumas (mountain lions) in the best book on the wild cats, Wild Cats Of The World, I have failed to find any reference to pumas eating snakes. Google … Continue reading →
It seems extraordinary to me and very insensitive to wildlife conservation and downright unfair that when a mountain lion exhibits behaviour which indicates that it is not fearful of humans (desensitised to the presence of people) the default reaction of … Continue reading →
Heavy metal rock group Metallica remains in the spotlight this weekend after the story of a British Columbia woman went viral in a Facebook post of how Dee Gallant and her dog Murphy were saved from a cougar attack while … Continue reading →
A hiker in Vancouver, British Columbia credits her love for Metallica songs with helping her avoid a potentially deadly situation when she was being stalked by a cougar. Dee Gallant, 45, was hiking in South Duncan on July 23. She … Continue reading →
A big hurrah for Tommy Knowles the executive director of the Wildlife Defence League because he spells out succinctly the reason why trophy or sport hunting is so outdated and unsuited to the modern age. It is also quite simply: … Continue reading →
The title summarises in three short sentences the story of this cougar and, frankly it is a sad story and a sad indictment of the failure of humans to protect wildlife. As human population numbers grow rapidly there is only … Continue reading →
‘Cost’ means purchase price and maintenance costs. The latter (maintenance expenses) is far more than the former. Buyers should be aware of this. There is nothing on the internet or in books telling me how much a mountain lion (puma) … Continue reading →
In North America the mountain lion or puma is the top predator and has no enemies other than the bear (perhaps), humans (certainly) and another mountain lion. During dispersal when a young adult puma goes in search of his own … Continue reading →
Puma is another name for mountain lion. There are various figures for the amount of meat (flesh) that pumas eat per day. In the Sheep River area of Alberta a female puma ate 2.5 kilograms of freshly killed mule deer … Continue reading →
