Oklahoma cougar pic

[Emily]

from
http://www.cougarnet.org/prairie-desc/OK4-08/OK4-08.htm
click for map and scanned photo

Cougar Photographed in North Central Oklahoma

Cougar Network News, 4/14/08

Iowa Tribal Police documented a cougar near Perkins, Oklahoma via surveillance camera on March 21, 2008. The location is about three kilometers south of Perkins and about one kilometer west of HW 177. The tribal property lies immediately south of the Cimarron River, a potential dispersal corridor to transient cats. Tribal sources indicated that there were two subsequent sighting reports of the animal between March 21 and April 5.

Our thanks to Oklahoma State University's Dr. James Shaw and Megan Trope for bringing this confirmation to our attention. We would also like to thank the Iowa Tribal Police for sharing the details of the incident.

Below is a scanned picture of the cat and a map showing the location in Oklahoma (the red dot). Although the picture was obviously taken at night, you can clearly see cougar characteristic markings on the image (look at the face).