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adult pumas can sometimes weigh over 200 pounds
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The population could go extinct without intervention, and state wildlife officials listed the pumas as threatened earlier this year.
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Animal rights activists questioned whether the wolf could survive outside the zoo and also worried it might be killed during capture, something that happened to a puma that escaped from the same zoo in 2018.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
In 2021, after 17 years of surveys, the project detected pumas in the range for the first time, and there have been multiple sightings since.
—Tom Page, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
Large cats including lions, leopards, cheetahs, jaguars, ocelots, jaguarundis, pumas, lynxes, and bobcats are banned from private ownership, according to Connecticut state statutes.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Animal rights activists questioned whether the wolf could survive outside the zoo and also worried it might be killed during capture, something that happened to a puma that escaped from the same zoo in 2018.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
In 2021, after 17 years of surveys, the project detected pumas in the range for the first time, and there have been multiple sightings since.
—Tom Page, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
Large cats including lions, leopards, cheetahs, jaguars, ocelots, jaguarundis, pumas, lynxes, and bobcats are banned from private ownership, according to Connecticut state statutes.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Puma.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puma. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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