puma

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In those cases, high levels of puma predation made the situation worse but were not the primary cause.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

A mountain lion was spotted in California wine country Sunday, just days after another puma had been captured in San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

Small puma populations have been isolated by the freeway, and their offspring were showing signs of birth defects.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2025

But was the puma really to blame for the killings or an unwitting participant in an elaborate hoax, and why did big cat sightings continue after she was caught?

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2024

I was makin’ up a litter in the monkey-house for a young puma which is ill; but when I heard the yelpin’ and ’owlin’ I kem away straight.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker