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Updated: 8:53 PM Mar 26, 2008
Report: Mountain Lion Killed In Kansas
For the first time in more than 100 years, there is proof of a mountain lion in Kansas. Posted: 2:17 PM Mar 26, 2008Email Address: news@kake.com |
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Great to finally see cat proof in Kansas. Many have seen them but its always been somewhat of a mystery. Hopefully that will go onand the stealth creature will continue to be just that!
I have listened to our Fish and Wildlife Department lie to us for years. No one believes them anyway...so let the people speak and let the government lie as usual...keep reporting the incidents and maybe they will get a grip on life. As for Jennifer who wrote in...from Oxford/Wellington...it scares me that there are people that feel this way. But I am sure she is in her own world. Not the real one.
I seen the story about the Mountain Lion & It helped me regain my sanity because I was driving home about 3 weeks ago from work with a friend at approx. 6:00pm on a Friday evening & a Mountain Lion crossed the blacktop road about 15 to 25 feet in front of us. We watched as it disappeared into the woods. It was a Large Cat with a very long tail. I had some local people that told me I seen a Bobcat but I disagree. I have seen Bobcats & this was way bigger.
A family friend photographed a mountain lion running across his field and when he turned it into the officials he was told there are no mountain lions in kansas and it was just a bad picture of a cow...Maybe now the officials will get the big picture and acknowledge that mountian lions are in kansas and will stop calling the citizens liars
I hope that they throw the book at the man who shot the mountain lion! I have never understood how people can be so cruel to animals - it truly saddens me to hear about the death of this beautiful cat. (The landowner should thank his lucky stars that my son will not be the judge or prosecutor if this case goes to trial - if possible, he would recommend the death penalty or at least life in prison.) I am excited that we have such beautiful creatures roaming free in our area. I pray that people will allow them to live in peace.
I live outside of Manhattan and saw one in the pasture running around 6 in the evening, it was very large and was running really fast. Then a few weeks later saw a baby one down the driveway at dusk. I always carry a phone and something for to fend myself in case when I go out to the pasture and edge of the woods. They are here the KDWP keep calling us liars sorry I don't have a camera on me to show them. They need to get off the beaten path. My husband has seen them off hwy 24 East of Manhattan. I worry about kids, and our pets. What does it take to prove they are here. I would like to get a picture but not get close to get hurt.
can a demestic cat and a mountion lion have offspring? intercourse?
some lady said bears? yeah ok. i can wait to catch me one of the mountion lions. I will, oh yeah i will. I could let my ball pythin lose, then we will have big snakes wondering around. big whoop there is mountion lions in kansas.
As a child growing up northwest of Wellington, I saw one down on our river - my dad and neighbors had tracked him but were told cougars didn't exist in Kansas then, too. Maybe some of the "officials" should get off the paved road and really see what's out there!!!! Then we'll see who uses a gun!
To Believe your eyes, someone will probably respond and say you guys must have been smoking something but I believe you cause I have seen them as well! Its not like you can confuse a cat of that size and color with a house cat or bob cat!
I could not believe what I was watching last nite on the news. In my mid teens I heard stories about them, but didn't believe it until one nite going home saw a dark shadow jump from the trees, didn't think much of it cuz i lived in the country, but when i stopped and saw the GREEN EYES stare back at me in my headlights.....yeah....I knew what i was seeing...it was a black panther, my boyfriend saw it too. So believe your eyes people, THEY ARE OUT THERE, THEY ARE JUST GETTING BETTER AT GETTING AROUND US PEOPLE!!!!! Knew something was getting our chickens...hehe.
Growing up, we were always told about the cougars on the Ninnescah River, just north of Viola. I never believed it until 2 summers ago when I saw 2 of them crossing over a stubble field early in the morning.
I know for a fact that there are cougars in Kingman county, so they're closer than you think.
People have been trying to tell KDWP for years there are mountain lions/cougars in the state but they still won't believe it. I've seen at least two in my lifetime. What's it going to take for them to admit we have them living here? An attack on a child someday? Wake up people & get a clue, we Kansans are not just imagining these sightings!
Is it truly any wonder there are no documented cases if actual proof of existence results in prosecution?