GF&P reviews lion hunting season

SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — Information from this year's hunting season on mountain lions will be used by state game officials to make a recommendation for next year's season to the Game, Fish and Parks Commission.

DNR drops cougar search, for now

Wisconsin wildlife officials suspended their search for the mountain lion spotted near Spooner this week.

Wisconsin wildlife officials pursue mountain lion

MILWAUKEE – Wisconsin wildlife officials continued Thursday to pursue a mountain lion roaming near Spooner in an effort to fit it with a radio collar.

Mountan Lion Cub Poses Imminent Danger?

Last week in the sleepy town of Santa Paula, California a mountain lion wandered into someone's backyard and after a brief standoff was killed by the police. Mountain lions are protected in this state mostly due to Proposition 117 which passed in 1990 and banned mountain lion trophy hunting.

Biologist says weather could affect cougars

Bismarck, N.D. (AP) The state Game and Fish Department says three of the mountain lions killed in the state this year had shortened tails from frost bite damage and two had frostbitten ears.

Woman seeks permit for captive mountain lion

A woman described as an "animal behaviorist" is seeking a state permit to possess a mountain lion on rural property about 30 miles south of Miles City.

Second reported mountain lion attack of horse in Inland area this week

A mountain lion attacked a horse in the La Cresta area west of Murrieta, the second such equestrian attack in the Inland area this week, a state Department of Fish and Game wildlife biologist determined Friday.

Cougar Sightings Puts Community on Edge

For the past week, cougar sightings have been reported in Terre Haute.

Cougar sightings confirmed in 2002?

DNREC this week said no physical evidence of a cougar in Delaware has been found, however, WGMD has come across an apparent report by DNREC from 2002 which stated that they believed that there were at least two and possibly more than two cougars in the first state.