LINK: Mistaken Mountain Lion Sightings Common, Expert Says

Wildlife ecologist Steve Bobzien, a mountain lion expert with the East Bay Regional Park District, says the recent mountain lion encounter reported by a Kensington mother seems credible, but that the great majority of supposed sightings are mistaken. 

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USA SIGHTINGS: California mountain lion

Kensington Mountain Lion Encounter Reported by Mom with Child in Stroller
Patch.com
She was taking her daily walk, accompanied by her three-year-old son and their dog, a male boxer, on a fire trail that runs behind houses on Lake Drive when she saw the big cat sitting "completely still" on a landing beside the home, she said. At first ...

NEWSLINK: More news on the goat supposed to have been taken by a big cat in California

UPDATED: Dwarf Goat Disappears From Marin Yard: Big Cat ...
A Novato resident believes a mountain lion or bobcat ran off with Bonnie the goat on Thursday morning. Do you know the difference between a mountain lion and bobcat?

USA SIGHTING: California - big cat eats goat?

Dwarf Goat Disappears From Novato Yard: Big Cat Suspected
Patch.com
A Novato family is grieving over the loss of a pygmy goat that appears to have been the prey of a large wild cat. "We are devastated by the loss of our baby goat, as is her twin," said Mary Stompe, who lives in the Atherton/Green Point area of the city ...

NEWSLINK: Mountain lions moving west

Mountain lions moving west, says study
Tahoe Daily Tribune
While California's human population has been moving elsewhere in recent years, the state's big cat population appears to be adding residents from Nevada. Mountain lions have been moving west from the Great Basin into the Sierra Nevada in contrast to ...

Study: Mountain lions are packing up and moving west The Bell Jar Nevada officials say that populations of mountain lions are healthy statewide because the big cats usually live in very remote areas which are often inaccessible to humans. The AP reports that Nevada is home to approximately 3,000 cougars while ...

NEWSLINK: Mountain lion migration

Mountain Lions Migrating from Nevada Into California; Study Reveals French Tribune Researchers thought that since a big cat habitat is made available to lions in Nevada when they were killed by hunters, more of their population would migrate from west to east in Nevada to benefit the same. In general, in California, the lions are not ...

SIGHTINGS: California

Mountain Lion Spotted Near San Carlos Apartment Complex
CBS Local
The big cat was spotted in the 400 block of Portofino Drive near Heather Park around 6 p.m. The sighing was reported to police today around 1 p.m., emergency officials said. The mountain lion was seen walking down the street close to an apartment ...

SIGHTINGS: California cougar euthanased

Mountain Lion put down after killing family pet
Sierra Star
The big cat had killed the goat the night before and was expected to return to feed on the animal the next night, which it did. The cat was discovered in the trap early the next morning by the homeownerabout 5 a.m. and Partch shot the cat after ...

SIGHTING: Santa Barbara, CA

A subscriber saw this big cat on the Jesusita trail yesterday. It looked too big to be a bobcat and was about the size of a medium weight hound dog.

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