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Jun. 11—AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved regulations banning canned hunts and implementing trapping standards for mountain lions during its May meeting. These changes ...
“The regulations support ethical hunting and trapping practices while continuing to provide flexibility for landowners to manage mountain lions.” Before last month's decision, Texas was the ...
More: Texas changes mountain lion hunting rules after 50 years. What it means for the wild cat. Then, in early July, a mountain lion was spotted roaming the streets of a Laredo neighborhood. Video ...
In Southern Minnesota there have been a few sightings by deer hunters; the Department of Natural Resources has verified 14 cougar sightings since 2007. [15] Connecticut. In 2011, a cougar was sighted in Greenwich, Connecticut, and later killed by an SUV in Milford after allegedly travelling 1,500 miles (2,400 km) from South Dakota. [16] Illinois
The cougar (Puma concolor) (/ ˈ k uː ɡ ər /, KOO-gər), also known as the panther, mountain lion, catamount and puma, is a large cat native to the Americas. It inhabits North, Central and South America, making it the most widely distributed wild, terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere, and one of the most widespread in the world.
The cougar is also commonly known as mountain lion, puma, mountain cat, catamount, or panther. The sub-population in Florida is known as the Florida panther. Over 130 attacks have been documented in [ 1 ] North America in the past 100 years, with 28 attacks resulting in fatalities.
Wes Monk with 110-pound mountain lion he shot on private property while hunting for whitetail deer on Dec. 6, 2014. The Chalk Mountain cougar: Hunt of a lifetime
The mountain lion was spotted in the backyard of a house in western Frisco on Nov. 1, Texas Wildlife Department said.