Pumas are unlikely to recolonize much of their historical range in the eastern U.S., a new study finds. It’s not a lack of habitat or food keeping out the pumas, also known as cougars or mountain lions. It’s the highways. Historically, pumas (Puma concolor) ranged coast to coast across nearly all of the Americas, stretching […]
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Mountain lion cub found with no sign of mom for days. So California rescuers step in
A resident found a baby mountain lion all alone in California — and even wildlife officials couldn’t find its mom . The California Department of Fish and Wildlife set up wildlife surveillance cameras and also searched on foot hoping to find the tiny cub’s mom, “but sadly no mountain lions were detected in the area […]
Cougar leaps into backyard near future site of Annenberg Wildlife Crossing
While Peggy McClintick and wife Sally Tuchman slept, an unexpected visitor prowled in their Agoura Hills yard. McClintick checked her phone around 3:30 a.m. to find a notification that a person was detected by a security camera at her Agoura Hills home. The alert didn’t arouse much suspicion. The camera had been triggered at 11:30 […]
They Live Here Too
They are called pumas, mountain lions, panthers and/or cougars. Sadly they are in the sights of man’s rifles and Lugers. They are predators much in need. What is not needed is man’s avarice and greed.
