Montana, Fish Wildlife and Parks said there has been an increase in illegal mountain lion harvest reports in Central Montana.

Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks says there was an increase in illegally-taken mountain lions in central Montana in 2025. According to wardens, five mountain lions were harvested in Region 4, and ...

Of the five hunters who took lions in Region 4 during the general season, wardens reported three of them later admitted to ...

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Groundbreaking genetic evidence links trafficked lion parts to a known individual — setting a new global standard for wildlife crime prosecutions For the first time anywhere in the world, DNA ...

Kittens from a local mountain lion population tracked by the National Park Service and UCLA in 2015. (National Park Service via CalMatters) JUST WEEKS AFTER a mountain lion wandered into San Francisco ...

A fire damaged Trinity Fellowship Church of God at 300 The Trace E. in Jasper on Sunday. This was how the church facility looked on Monday morning. Jasper Fire Chief Chris Uptain told the Eagle, "We ...

Mountain lions living in Central and Southern California have faced significant challenges over the last several decades. According to the California Fish and Game Commission, the biggest threat the ...

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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Just weeks after a mountain lion wandered into San Francisco, state officials voted to permanently protect populations ...

California has extended permanent state-level protections to several mountain lion populations, but the federal Fish and Wildlife Service has no plans to follow in its tracks. Capping a yearslong ...

Just weeks after a mountain lion wandered into San Francisco, state officials voted to permanently protect populations of the charismatic predators that prowl the coastal mountains between the Bay ...