Mountain lions used to live in New York State but were hunted to extinction within our borders. Or so the conventional narrative goes. The alternative narrative is that either they never died out or they have been reintroduced secretly by the state environmental conservation ( to avoid controversy and issues with the farm bureau) or the Mountain Lions wandered back in on their own from out if State or perhaps neighboring Canada. I doubt most of this but see no reason why a family or two could not be out there. I have known people to share photos if "New York State Mountain Lions " on fb or social media but a quick Google image search soon reveals a more convenient alternative, out of state origin for the photos
Mountain lions used to live in New York State but were hunted to extinction within our borders. Or so the conventional narrative goes. The alternative narrative is that either they never died out or they have been reintroduced secretly by the state environmental conservation ( to avoid controversy and issues with the farm bureau) or the Mountain Lions wandered back in on their own from out if State or perhaps neighboring Canada. I doubt most of this but see no reason why a family or two could not be out there. I have known people to share photos if "New York State Mountain Lions " on fb or social media but a quick Google image search soon reveals a more convenient alternative, out of state origin for the photos