Mountain lion too close for comfort
Jane Beathard
August 4, 2020
Author spends winters near Las Vegas, where animal was spotted, tranquilized.
Cougars
Mountain lion caught – in downtown San Francisco
Associated Press
June 22, 2020
A young mountain lion that had been spotted sleeping in a planter box along a normally busy street and looking at his reflection in the glass of an office tower in downtown San Francisco was
North Dakota pheasant hunter kills mountain lion that charged him
Associated Press
December 29, 2019
The big cat weighing more than 100 pounds came within 10 feet of the hunter before he shot it.
After successfully navigating L.A. freeway two months ago, mountain lion killed on same section of road
Associated Press
September 10, 2019
LOS ANGELES – A male mountain lion that successfully crossed a 10-lane freeway in Los Angeles two months ago was struck and killed Saturday on the same section of the freeway. The 4-year-old big cat
Another confirmed cougar sighting in Michigan
Michigan DNR
August 31, 2019
Latest confirmation came from a trail camera set up on public land in Delta County.
Study: More elk killed by cougars than by wolves in Idaho
Associated Press
August 12, 2019
The study found that wolves accounted for 32% of adult female elk deaths and 28% of elk calf deaths, while cougars accounted for 35% of adult female elk deaths and 45% of elk calf deaths.
Lowest number of mountain lions killed in Black Hills in 10 years
Associated Press
April 10, 2019
But largest was a bruiser that tipped the scales at over 160 pounds.
Study: Wyoming mule deer may be suffering because of mountain lion hunt
Associated Press
April 8, 2019
Research suggests that lion hunters tend to kill older cougars, which happen to be specialists at feeding on elk. However, the numbers of younger lions that tend to eat deer are largely left unchanged.
Runner recalls desperate fight with mountain lion
Associated Press
February 19, 2019
A necropsy report said the cat that attacked Travis Kauffman was male, 4 or 5 months old and weighed 35 to 40 pounds. Kauffman eventually suffocated the animal.
