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The body of a cougar killed Sunday night in rural Ray County was brought to Missouri Department of Conservation officials in Columbia on Monday for further observation.
According to media reports, the 115-pound male cat was in a tree when he was shot by a Ray County livestock farmer. The cougar had been spotted around 8 p.m. Sunday by friends of the farmer who were hunting on his land, and when the farmer arrived, he shot the cat in the head with a .22-caliber rifle owned by one of the hunters.See the full content of this document
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Columbia Conservation Scientists Study Cougar
In Missouri, cougars - also called pumas or mountain lions - are protected animals, but they can be killed if they present a danger to livestock, prope...
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