Cougar News

The Florida panther is a subspecies (Puma concolor coryi) or distinct population segment (DPS) of the cougar.  Panthers tend to be smaller than cougars in the northwestern US and to have a slight “Roman nose” profile, but they cannot be distinguished in the field.  This is the first time that a panther has traveled so far [...]

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http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/sep/06/na-slain-panthers-ga-trip-a-rarity-officials-say/news-breaking/
TAMPA – A DNA test recently confirmed that a big cat killed in November in western Georgia was a Florida panther, but biologists say it doesn’t mean the endangered animals are expanding their range.
Biologists say the estimated 100 to 120 panthers live almost exclusively in southern Florida and there’s no evidence they are establishing themselves [...]

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The Eastern Cougar Foundation has additional information on the DNA analysis that leaves little doubt that the panther was born in the wild in southern Florida. You will find a complete report in the September issue of our newsletter.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/08/16/pav_544561.shtml
AugustaChronicle.com
Survey reveals that lack of lodging at lake hurts
By Rob Pavey| Outdoors Editor
Sunday, August 16, [...]

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http://www2.oanow.com/oan/news/opinion/bob_mount/article/bob_mount_florida_panther_killing_a_real_shame/87051/
oanow.com – Opelika & Auburn, Alabama
Bob Mount
Columnist
Published: August 11, 2009
Several weeks ago an article appeared in area newspapers depicting an exceptionally large cat-like animal that had been killed by a “hunter” in central western Georgia not far from the Alabama boundary. It resembled a Florida panther, an endangered species known with certainty to occur only [...]

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http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/08/09/pav_543760.shtml
augustachronicle.com
Panther taken was wild, not a pet
By Rob Pavey| Outdoors Editor
Sunday, August 09, 2009
Georgia wildlife authorities are scratching their heads in amazement this week — and so am I.
After decades of dismissing recurring reports of panther sightings — often by hunters — it turns out the big cats are living among us after all. [...]

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http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/chitwood/story/801672.html
ledger-enquirer.com
News – News Columnists – Tim Chitwood
Sunday, Aug. 09, 2009
Catching up with cougars
It’s about 600 miles from the swamps down around Naples, Fla., up to Abbottsford, Ga., in Troup County near LaGrange.
Could a 140-pound, 7-foot-long male cougar make it?
A Newnan hunter in a tree stand shot the cougar Nov. 16, 2008, near Abbottsford on [...]

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http://bainbridgega.com/news/publish/080509panther.shtml
BainbridgeGA.com
Troup Cnty Panther a Florida Panther
by GA DNR Aug 5, 2009
Wildlife CSI: High-Tech Genetic Testing Used to Determine Cat’s Parentage
SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. (August 5, 2009) – Genetic testing by the National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, has indicated that the panther shot by a hunter in Troup County last year came from the resident [...]

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http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/02/02/panthers0202.html
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Panthers may come to Georgia

Okefenokee home? Reintroduction faces challenge.
By Mike Williams
Cox International Correspondent
Monday, February 02, 2009
Folkston —- Georgia’s Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge echoes with life. Herons squawk, insects buzz, frogs croak, alligators rumble, bears crash through the reeds.
Now federal wildlife managers are considering returning a long-missing voice to the chorus: the scream of the panther.
For [...]

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