Aspen Echo Female Cougar 8/30/97 – 7/14/17 Aspen sports the kinked tail and mid-back cowlick that are common to the Florida Panther. She also has a very reddish hue to her coat. Aspen is definitely one of the more hyper active cougars at Big Cat Rescue. She has no trouble at all entertaining herself […]
Reise Female Cougar DOB appx. 1/1/1995 Rescued 9/22/13 Help feed and care for Reise Cougar: http://big-cat-rescue.myshopify.com/collections/sponsor-a-cat Her name is pronounced RYE-zuh and is German for Journey and it certainly is appropriate for a cougar who was born into the pet trade in 1995 in Texas, was shipped to New York and then traveled to a […]
Sassyfrass Male Cougar DOB 1/1/1998 – 9/27/2016 Rescued 11/17/2010 Sassyfrass Cougar had been in kidney failure for a while, but was being kept comfortable with pain killers for his arthritis and lots of water and frozen blood ‘cicles to keep him hydrated. I knew he was declining when he didn’t stalk my mother on Saturday. She’s […]
Artemis Female Cougar DOB 10/1/05 Artemis is the serious sister and the more aloof of the three cubs. She is very sweet and loves her brothers, but she tends to be a bit of a loner at times. Artemis also goes by the nickname of “Baby” among the Keeper Volunteers. A mother mountain lion had […]
Cougar – Felis concolor Common Names: Cougar, Puma, Panther, Mountain Lion, Catamount Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrata) Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Genus: Felinae (Puma) Species: concolor Sub-species: Eastern Texas to Florida – P.c.coryi –IUCN: Endangered, CITES:Appendix I Northeastern US and southeastern Canada Cougar – P.c. couguar – IUCN: Endangered, CITES: Appendix I […]
