Day: March 7, 2018

 

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The state of the wildlife!
Cougar also know as the mountain lion, puma, panther is an ambush predator and pursues a wide variety of prey. It’s is native to the americas and it’s range spreads across Canada to South America. There are several subspecies of cougar. One mountain lion subspecies – the Florida Panther is listed as critically endangered with less than 100 individuals. Across the US an estimated 30,000 cougars live in the wild. Increasing habitat loss and hunting for sports has caused decline in the population.
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Shravan Regret Iyer’s “This is America – All New”

 

 

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Across the United States more than 10,000 big cats like tigers, lions and cougars are private owned. In states like Florida, Cougars listed under Class II animals, are allowed as exotic pets, but require a permit.
While many states issue permits, 21 states in the US have banned all dangerous exotic pets, but five states have no laws on keeping dangerous wild animals including North Carolina and South Carolina.
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Shravan Regret Iyer’s “This is America – All New”