Regular cougar sighting in North Carolina to Wild Cat Species Comments for If anyone has a better idea please leave a comment asap – thank you. If the children go out you should accompany them and if the cougar (presuming the cat is a cougar) appears follow the instructions that I have listed on the Mountain Lion Attack page. It is the cat that is more in danger than the people in actual fact. The cat should be caught and “re-homed” somewhere safe. You no doubt have a better idea as to who to contact but never the police please! They often do more harm than good. Their contact details are: 1-80 (this is for “wildlife violations” which is not really appropriate but the best number that I can find).
Some people have closed dogmatic minds and tend to respond in a formulaic manner (shoot and ask later). North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission promotes conservation “and provides assistance for landowners wishing to manage wildlife on their lands.” They might be a good starting point. So strict instructions should be given to say that no one is treated or endangered and that you are concerned for the cat as much as yourself and family. The only trouble with that is I have read that “the authorities” tend to like to shoot large cats. My best advise is to contact the authorities (not the police) and ask for help. Your children shouldn’t go out unsupervised until the matter is dealt with. Cougars can be chased off by adults – Mountain Lion Attack. Children should be supervised in the presence of a cougar – common sense I guess. I also agree that your children’s safety is paramount. In either case it should not be shot and I am very pleased to read that you agree this. The cat sounds as if it is domesticated to me being unperturbed by your presence. If it is the former the cat belongs to someone. Fish and Wildlife Service are correct (and there is debate about that) then the cat that you are seeing, which sounds as if it is a cougar, is either a domesticated one that has escaped or one of the last wild cougars in eastern USA. You are suggesting that a cougar is coming onto your land. Please read Eastern Cougar Extinct March 2011.
The cougar ( Puma) has been officially declared extinct in the wild in eastern USA by the U.S. North Carolina is eastern USA – obviously. My answer is based on common sense principles and knowledge acquired. The first thing to note is that I live in London, England. Below I allude to the possibility that the Ryan’s sighting was of a domesticated puma but that assessment may well be wrong ?. Judging by the large number of sightings recorded in the comments it seems to me that the puma is not extinct in the East. Carolina who have seen a cougar and/or evidence of one. Ryan – Please see the extensive list of comments on this page as there are many from other citizens of N. I do not want to kill it but I’m a father of two kids and would die if something happened to my children. The cat probably weighs about 200 pounds and is getting rather comfortable on my property what should I do? I’ve been as close as 10 feet away from this cat eye to eye and to my surprise was not threatened by any means. It looks like a lion has a tail around 3 to 4 foot long it is a sandy blondish red color and has darker colors around the mouth and ear areas. I have been seeing a rather large cat species in my yard almost every night for the past 3 weeks. I own 68 acres of land right next to wildlife. I live in the state of North Carolina approximately 430 meters from the Peedee river.
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