There are no mountain lions in NJ (Trenton, Princeton: 2013, live)
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I saw a story on NJ.com...last year, I think...it was one of those "What is this mysterious creature spotted in ______?" (can't remember the town) stories. Turns out it was merely some guy's Savannah cat that got loose, but everyone was freaking out about leopards, lol. Of course, there are wacky stories from time to time about weirdos secretly keeping exotic animals like crocodiles and lions as pets, so you never know.
But I do know that the Jersey Devil is real.
So is El Chupacabra.
And all of us know that the Snooki monster is real.
I saw a story on NJ.com...last year, I think...it was one of those "What is this mysterious creature spotted in ______?" (can't remember the town) stories. Turns out it was merely some guy's Savannah cat that got loose, but everyone was freaking out about leopards, lol. Of course, there are wacky stories from time to time about weirdos secretly keeping exotic animals like crocodiles and lions as pets, so you never know.
But I do know that the Jersey Devil is real.
So is El Chupacabra.
And all of us know that the Snooki monster is real.
Don't forget the Jackalope!
There was a recent news story about a Savannah cat that was lose in Detroit and everyone was freaking out. It is 1/2 wild cat though. If wolf hybrids are illegal I don't know why exotic large cat hybrids aren't.
There are many illegal big cats and it would not be a surprise to have one set free in the 'wilderness' of NJ.
I worked at a place where F&G dropped off a bear cub confiscated from someone in Cherry Hill who acquired it out of state. Another trip they delivered a big buck that spent three years in someone's cellar. The hoofs grew into giant snowshoes... that guy should have been charged big time for that cruelty.
Animal actors owned by Steve McAuliff and his wife had a bunch of cats and lived in the Warren area If I recall corectly. They did a lot of studio work. There were other folks that had large cats as pets such as a top NJ exec who shall remain nameless though the state was aware and all was above board.
Having said that it seems there is enough evidence that PA and NY cats may vacation in NJ on occassion but I would expect that to be up in Warren, Sussex, Pasaaic, Morris.
The sourlands run from Hillsborough through to PA and are sparsely settled and would be a good refuge for cats and bears but how did the cats get there. Bears use smalll streams as highways and I guess the cats follow the bear trails.
Din't know we had bear trails, did you?
Go to Trenton museum and see the skeleton of the giant moose-elk that once roamed NJ and was dug up in a north Jersey peat bog. Instant recognition from across the room....listen to yourself ask what is that moose-elk looking thing? ...and you'd be right.
We did have a moose drop down from NY one year but he soon retreated back north so anything is possible. PA has an elk hunting season.
Read about a bounty on a big cats and interestingly the last cat was taken in the soulands that border Princeton/Hopewell.
In Nj anything goes!!! All critters welcome, many never left.
For many years, it was believed that the Coelacanth had gone extinct, back in the Cretaceous era.
Then, in 1938, some fishermen netted one of these primitive fish off the coast of Africa.
Subsequently, other samples of this supposedly-extinct fish have been found on an occasional basis.
The moral of the story is that wildlife may exist in areas where we don't expect them to be, and they may exist after we have been told that they are extinct.
The moral of the story is that wildlife may exist in areas where we don't expect them to be, and they may exist after we have been told that they are extinct.
The operative difference is that these cats need to hunt and eat. If there were a mountain lion roaming around Princeton some yuppie jogging through the Sourlands or foo foo teacup dog would have become a meal by now.
There are bobcats in many parts of New Jersey, but bobcats are not mountain lions. Big difference.
Bobcat:
Mountain Lion:
A bobcat is like an overgrown housecat that will hunt small mammals like rabbits and rodents for food. A mountain lion can easily take down a mature buck-or a human.
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Why are people so addicted to this myth?
