Spotted Wild Cats In Texas

Yet sightings of these big cats continue to.

Spotted wild cats in texas. From time to time local residents may report sightings of wild animals to the local papers. No two cats have. About 30 years ago there was a cougar that weighed 125 lbs taken in Cherokee County.

Only about 50 individuals have been identified in the state. Camera traps in a south Texas wildlife refuge spotted a new ocelot roaming through the park. She says because of increased construction and clear-cutting wild cats are moving closer to us.

Hidden away between Brownsville and Port Isabel is the habitat of rare ocelots small wild cats which are native to. In a state that has seen explosive human population growth Texas Native Cats presents the cats struggle to cope with human influence and gives a voice to. It is a crime to intentionally knowingly or recklessly.

Throughout the years I have learned that nothing grabs the attention of an outdoors lover quicker than a wild cat encounter. The mountain lion is the largest of the Texas wild cats and tend to frequent hilly and mountainous areas making the Texas Hill Country a prime spot for sightings. The blue spots in the map above mark the counties in Texas where mountain lion mortalities occurred over the period 1983 to 2005 source.

Terri Werner at Tiger Creek has taken in several cougars and bobcats. Sometimes the person reports what he or she has seen and perhaps also has. However many have become endangered and are rare sightings sticking closely to South Texas.

Mountain lion sightings are not unheard of in this part of south Texas but as with other sightings it is the apparent melanism of the big cat witnessed that makes this incident even more unique. It was the sighting of a cougar in 1987 that I consider to be one of the most pivotal moments in my life. Dont tell that to Reagan Pope who with other drivers saw a cougar he estimated to be three feet tall and 8-9 feet long nose to tail walking along the FM 2138 road heading toward Maydelle.