This month’s Nature’s Heartbeat is about mountain lions, living in 21 of 23 countries in the Americas. Because of the vast range it occupies, it holds the Guinness world record for the animal with the greatest number of names. It has over 40 names in English alone including America’s lion, mountain lion, cougar, puma and panther.
The Mountain Lion Foundation believes the status of the mountain lion population is virtually unknown and very much in question. Every day, our remaining lions are threatened by population growth, poaching, hunting, development, pollution, and habitat loss. It’s estimated that people alone are responsible for the death of more than 3,000 mountain lions in the U.S. each and every year.
Please help in raising awareness of the beauty of these animals and the value in protecting them. I am grateful to capture their beauty at a number of wonderful US locations and share those images with you.
A Cougar
By Kathleen Reeder