CTwoodburner said:
The reason biologist/ecologists will deny the existence is because of the lack of CONFIRMED sightings. Just some homeowner who has never seen one is not good enough. I don't even believe most who tell me these stories...
I don't believe the hype either!
If a cat that big set up house in the southern tier of NY every fat juicy dairy cow in the area wood become lunch.Before there wood be any cat sitings there wood be stories of farm animals, dogs,cats ,etc half eatin'. Domestic animals are far easier prey for a big cat than a wild deer.I've hunted ,trapped, snowshoed, fished, dug roots, 4-wheeled, hiked and camped all oversouthern NY and northen PA and have NEVER seen a track or cat of this size. Bobcats yes, mountain lions NO.