|  | | SAFE HAVEN ACCEPTS BIG CATS FOR PERMANENT PLACEMENT ONLY. Our big cats are available for sponsorship in our Adopt-an-Animal program. Safe Haven is the permanent home of four cougars. There is a national waiting list of big cats needing refuge as a result of the illegal pet trade. Cougars in the Wild (Felis concolor) - The cougar is also commonly known as the mountain lion, puma, or American lion.
- Their habitat extends from the northwestern United State, south through Texas to Mexico and Central America. Once a cougar establishes a home range, he usually remains there for life.
- Cougars just like to be left alone! Except during periods of reproduction, cougars are solitary. Cougars avoid territorial confrontations. When encountering signs of another cougars, the animal will simply avoid the area.
- Cougars are born blind, with spots that gradually fade. Kits may stay with the mother until two years of age.
- Cougar vocalizations include chirping, growling, hissing, whistling and purring.
- Their primary food is deer. They rarely hunt ranch animals, unless other prey food sources become unavailable.
- Cougars do not usually survive in the wild past the age of 10. They can live up to 20 years in captivity.
- The cougar’s worst enemy is man.
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