State officials confirm mountain lion in S. Ind.132 words7 May 20108:53 PM GMTAssociated Press NewswiresEnglish(c) 2010. The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. BLOOMFIELD, Ind. (AP) – The Department of Natural Resources has confirmed the presence of a mountain lion in southern Indiana. DNR official Gary Langell says it’s impossible at this point to tell whether the animal sighted in rural Greene County is wild or a...
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Mountain lion shot near Big Bear schoolRICHARD BROOKSTHE PRESS-ENTERPRISE7 May 2010The Press-Enterprise© 2010 The Press-Enterprise. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All Rights Reserved. Deputies shot a mountain lion Thursday near a school beside Big Bear Lake just days after the same cat killed a dog in the area and another lion treed a Lake Arrowhead jogger, officials say. “If you live in mountain or foothill...
Read MoreLion alert on Scottish hillside (Via Paul Cropper)
Lion alert on Scottish hillside By Rod Mills The Daily Express IT IS a far cry from the scorched savannah plains, but experts are hunting an African lioness in Scotland. A retired academic believes he spotted the big cat roaming the Kilsyth Hills, north of Glasgow. Although there have been more than 2,100 sightings of pumas, panthers, and lynxes in Britain – with 125 in Scotland -Dr Bob Sharp’s sighting, on April 22, is believed...
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