SAFE HAVEN ACCEPTS COUGARS FOR PERMANENT PLACEMENT ONLY.

Our cougars are available for sponsorship in our Adopt-an-Animal program.

Safe Haven is the permanent home of two cougars, Savannah and Cooper.

Savannah (left) and her brother Tahoe (d. 2010) were rescued from a roadside zoo that bred animals for profit. The zoo was preparing to close, leaving them without a home. Savannah loves to lounge on top of her den. When anyone is around, look for her to pose luxuriously, expecting to be admired.

Cooper (right), a northern cougar, was born and orphaned in Washington in September 2004. A family raised him for several weeks until before he was placed at Safe Haven. When he arrived, he was a very small spotted cub with blue eyes. He lived in Safe Haven’s clinic building until his first spring, when he was moved outside to share an enclosure with Montana (d. 2010).

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.