BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has received photographic evidence of only the second and third documented cougar sightings in the state in recent history.
A Friday news release from the department says pictures of the animals, spotted in Allen and Natchitoches parishes, were provided by two people.
Large Carnivore Program Manager Maria Davidson and Natural Heritage Zoologist Beau Gregory conducted site investigations that confirmed the authenticity of the photographs.
Davidson says the department interviewed the photo providers and investigated the sites and photographs. She says they concluded the photos are in fact real and of a cougar.
 
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