Investigators say people in the area reported hearing what sounded like a mountain lion, and the dog's wounds were consistent with a mountain lion attack.
The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission has rejected a proposal to allow nonresidents to join this season's Black Hills mountain lion hunt and lowered limits on the number of animals allowed to be killed.
An elusive mountain lion took up a very public perch atop a 35-foot utility pole in the California desert.
If verified by biologists from the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, it would be the 13th verified mountain lion in Kansas since 2007. Before that, mountain lions had not been documented in the state for more than 100 years.
The deaths of three llamas that were attacked by a rare pack of juvenile mountain lions have state wildlife officials warning residents in western Colorado to take precautions.
Aside from damage to fences or flattened gardens, deer often become aggressive, particularly during the rut. And where prey roam, predators are bound to follow.
Utah wildlife managers are allowing more hunters to pursue cougars despite pleas from conservationists and animal lovers.
Police are warning residents to keep a close eye on pets after a mountain lion snatched a pet poodle from the backyard of a Burbank hillside home.
The New Mexico Game Commission is expected to vote on a proposal that would ease limits on hunting and trapping bears and cougars around the state.
After observing the animal for about 30 minutes, a game warden used a bean bag gun to try to haze the lion out of the residential area and back into nearby open space. But the big cat did not move when struck.
Mountain lions, also known as pumas, panthers, catamounts and cougars, were nearly wiped out in the U.S. in the early 1900s as hunting and a shortage of prey drastically reduced their numbers. But a century later, they are starting to recolonize in the Midwest.
Police in the Omaha suburb of La Vista say a report of a mountain lion in a residential area appears to be credible, and they are investigating.
Cougars spotted in the Eastern U.S. are believed to be migrating western mountain lions, Florida panthers or captive animals that were released.
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish officers have killed a cougar in a Raton neighborhood after it reportedly attacked a puppy on a woman's front porch.
The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department is beginning to develop a new plan for managing mountain lions in the state. The current plan is about 20 years old, and officials hope to have a new plan ready by the end of this year.
A cougar killed a dairy cow in Whatcom County in a rare instance of a cougar attack on livestock.
Jim Chapman reviews new big-bore airguns for predator hunting and more.