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<blockquote data-quote="Buano" data-source="post: 482558" data-attributes="member: 21641"><p>Big cats get seen because they are around. The question is whether there is a breading population or "pet" cats that have escaped or turned lose. A few years back there were fairly regular sightings of cougar in Chautauqua & Cattaraugus Counties in South Western NY, but as the sightings stopped I presume the cat(s) that had been there died.</p><p></p><p>A few years back there was also a large male african lion with a red bow around his neck roaming the woods around Erie, PA that some even got pictures of, but that doesn't tell me there is a breading population of African lions in the woods!</p><p></p><p>In the winter of 1987 or 1988 I stopped to look at an animal that was dead on I-79 just north of Pittsburg & confirmed my first impression — it was a black panther. I wish I would have picked the body up & had it mounted. Obviously, that was someone's pet that had escaped.</p><p></p><p>The Eastern woods are not like the West where large cats can roam over miles or their territory without being spotted —often. Cats are hunted in the west mostly by spotting a set of tracks & following them. If there were many cats in the East we would do the same. As we don't see the cats, I do not believe there are breeding populations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buano, post: 482558, member: 21641"] Big cats get seen because they are around. The question is whether there is a breading population or "pet" cats that have escaped or turned lose. A few years back there were fairly regular sightings of cougar in Chautauqua & Cattaraugus Counties in South Western NY, but as the sightings stopped I presume the cat(s) that had been there died. A few years back there was also a large male african lion with a red bow around his neck roaming the woods around Erie, PA that some even got pictures of, but that doesn't tell me there is a breading population of African lions in the woods! In the winter of 1987 or 1988 I stopped to look at an animal that was dead on I-79 just north of Pittsburg & confirmed my first impression — it was a black panther. I wish I would have picked the body up & had it mounted. Obviously, that was someone's pet that had escaped. The Eastern woods are not like the West where large cats can roam over miles or their territory without being spotted —often. Cats are hunted in the west mostly by spotting a set of tracks & following them. If there were many cats in the East we would do the same. As we don't see the cats, I do not believe there are breeding populations. [/QUOTE]
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