![]() ![]() Sure, before European settlement we had plenty of mountain lions, which explains why Western Carolina University is the Catamounts, but “our forefathers did a pretty good job of eradicating that large animal from the landscape, including in North Carolina,” Olfenbuttel said. Last wild mountain lion spotted in the 1800s “All I can tell them is, ‘I don’t know what you saw, but there’s no evidence of wild mountain lions in North Carolina,” she said. I told her that the “breeding population” description might leave the door open a bit for some folks, so she clarified. “We have no evidence that there is a breeding population of mountain lions in North Carolina,” Olfenbuttel said. Olfenbuttel is flat-out definitive in assessing the possibility of mountain lions roaming around a highly populated area like Arden, or anywhere in North Carolina. She’s been in this line of work for 24 years and has lived in western states that actually have mountain lions. I did hear back from Colleen Olfenbuttel, a black bear and furbearer biologist with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. The post garnered more than 150 comments, including quite a few from other folks who swore they, too, have seen mountain lions in the wild hereabouts. I reached out to the Nextdoor poster but didn’t hear back. The post went on about “game wardens” coming out to make a report and set up cameras, although they declined to give their names, and one allegedly made remarks the person viewed as “sexist and cocky and rude.” ![]() I have heartbreakingly had to witness one kill my neighbors dog on May 24, I called all over trying to report it, told I was wrong because ‘there are no mountain lions in NC.’” or surrounding areas had any issues with mountain lions? Or seen any? I have 2 that decided to take up hunting and residence at the apartment complex I live in. “Has anyone else in the Arden area near Long Shoals Rd. The most recent account popped up on my Nextdoor feed last week: People will swear on their mamma’s grave, challenge you to fisticuffs and generally vow to be struck by lightning if they’re lying that they saw a mountain lion, a cougar, a catamount, a paint, a panther or whatever you want to call it. In my 28 years of covering the news here, I’ve found you can count on an “authentic, verifiable, swear-to-God-I-saw-it” mountain lion sighting making the rounds at least a couple of times a year. Just like in the “X-Files,” we want to believe. In this case, we want to believe mountain lions are once again roaming the mountains. Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota and Oregon. See the PDF links below to read more.The Mountain Lion Foundation says these states have the big cats: California, Florida, Idaho, In recent weeks, the "animal-manuscript" discussion has also appeared in print, with articles published in both Dutch and international Newspapers. The Toronto Review of Books re-posted the image stream to their website, and it can be viewed here. In response to this growing interest in medieval animals, Erik Kwakkel posted a series of "animal-themed" images to his Twitter photostream. To date, his post has been viewed over 22,000 times. Like the cat-paw manuscript tweet, Thijs's blogpost caught the attention of internet readers around the world. His post titled "Paws, Pee, and Mice: Cats among Medieval Manuscripts", recounts stories of animals interacting with medieval manuscripts. One particularly funny story (complete with an image) describes a manuscript that had been peed on by a medieval cat. ![]() NOS: "Kattenpoot op Eeuwenoud Manuscript"Ĭat-Themed Blogpost Proves Popular Among Readersįollowing the internet cat-paw sensation, Thijs Porck (Leiden University) was invited to write a guest-post on the project's manuscript blog, Medievalfragments.Gawker: "Cats Have Been Walking All Over Us For Centuries".The Daily Mail: "The Medieval Moggie Who Left His Mark on History".The Appendix: "Of Cats and Manuscripts" (A blogpost from Emir Filipovic).National Geograhic: "Curious Cat Walks Over Medieval Manuscript".To read more about the manuscript (and how it went viral), see the following links: Filipovic, who discovered it while working in the archives of Dubrovnik, became an instant sensation online, turning up on blogposts, Twitter newsfeeds, facebook, and flickr streams. The image, originally sent to him by Emir O. In February, Erik Kwakkel tweeted a picture of a medieval manuscript covered with inky paw prints. ![]()
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