Note: this page has been updated as at Sept 15th, 2022 and republished (see update below). Are there mountain lions in Texas? Well, yes but what with continual human population growth, increased human activity (including road building), the horrible practice of sport hunting and decreased mountain lion habitat, I am sometimes surprised. That said, the …
by Ryan Rachman (North Carolina) I live in the state of North Carolina approximately 430 meters from the Peedee river. I own 68 acres of land right next to wildlife. I have been seeing a rather large cat species in my yard almost every night for the past 3 weeks. It looks like a lion …
CALAIS, FRANCE-NEWS AND COMMENT: There are reports of a big cat, thought to be a mountain lion (puma), in the area of Aux-le Chateau, south of Calais, France. The authorities want to shoot it dead because they say it would be hard to capture the animal with a tranquilizer gun. “The straying of such an …
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It is unusual for a state department to become involved like this in taking the time and trouble to prove that a citizen of the state has got it wrong when they say they have seen a mountain lion. In this instance, a woman made a video of a cat walking along the top of …
This is a story about a mountain lion in California which, for me, once again establishes the well-known fact that this beautiful wild cat species is quite shy and normally doesn’t want to attack people and very, very rarely does and it’s usually children or old people. In fact, the California Department of Fish and …
The video below gives us a nice feel for how a trekker might encounter a cougar (puma or mountain lion) in America. This incident occurred in California. I believe there is a misconception about the desire of mountain lions to attack humans. They hardly ever do it. Children are normally the victims. Mountain lion attacks …
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Tennesseeans want to know if there are mountain lions (pumas, cougars) in Tennessee. For non-America residents, this state is in the east of the US. The experts have long said that mountain lions don’t exist in the eastern half to two-thirds of America due to over-hunting and habitat loss. That’s the standard answer. It’s been …
By Zachary Bauer The conservation departments are swearing up and down that (mountain) lions do not live in the Ozarks for both Missouri and Arkansas but everyone out in the boonies knows the truth. There are sightings everywhere and they are coming up on game cams. Game cams are way way more accessible than they …
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I’ll let the graphic do the talking: The NY state Department of Environmental Conservation wisely says that the sighted cat is a large domestic cat. They estimate the weight to be in the order of 20-30 lbs. However, the cat needn’t be especially large if the sighting is misassessed. Any decent sized domestic cat could …
Unsurprisingly, I have not been able to find a photograph of a black mountain lion so I created one (or two). They are not that great but they give an idea of what a black puma might look like; not dense black but “melanistic”. Here is another attempt (this is better, I believe): The mountain …
This is another one of those black panther sightings with a slight twist in the tail! It concerns the state of Louisiana, USA. Some people think there are mountain lions in Louisiana. Although it is a little bit too far east according to the distribution maps created by the experts which tell us where the …
I have just received another interesting comment about a “big cat sighting” from a lady in Kentucky whose name is Melissa. This is her comment: I live in western ky up by the ohio, surrounded by the Cumberland and Tennessee river. In the middle of the day I have seen black bear, and black cats. …
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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, there was a new mall being built and a secluded area was being cleared for …
