Wild Cats In Southern Florida

Panther is one of the cougars many names.

Wild cats in southern florida. The other three are the Canada lynx the Eurasian lynx and the Iberian lynx. 988 likes 58 talking about this. Mostly only in northern states along the Canadian border or in mountainous regions.

We are partnered with Petsmart in Lauderhill Florida where our current cats for adoption are viewable during store hours. We feed and care for these cats in their colonies and at their colony locations. Long ear tufts short bobbed tail with a completely black tip large paws and long hind legs.

Call Allstate Feral Cat Control. All sorts of wildlife. Perhaps there are some in this sunny state because they were released from a private zoo.

There is no solid evidence that they are in Florida but supposedly there was a road kill found in 1961. An attorney at law David C Garner says that he knows of no law that makes it illegal to feed feral or stray cats in Florida. A single individual free-ranging cat may kill 100 or more birds and mammals per year.

Illustrations by Rob Jones Updated April 21 2020. Is an all volunteer NON-PROFIT 501 c 3 organization dedicated to making life easier for over 850 cats in over 70 colonies in southern Palm Beach County. Domestic cats are not a part of Floridas natural ecosystem.

Officially there are no jaguarundi in Florida as the map below shows. INTRODUCTION The domestic cat Felis catus is descended from the wild cat Felis silvestris libyca of Africa and south-western Asia. This may have been an escaped domesticated pet.