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voyager35
03-12-2010, 03:28 PM
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A mountain lion in Manalapan?



STAFF REPORT • March 12, 2010
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MANALAPAN — Authorities are trying to determine whether a mountain lion was prowling around town Thursday morning, after two people reported seeing such an animal near Robertsville Road.






A man told police he saw a mountain lion following a deer across Robertsville Road, near Taylors Mills Road, at about 7:30 a.m., according to Manalapan police. Police and animal control officers searched the scene but did not locate the cougar.


A short while later, Marlboro Animal Control Officer Anthony Lena, who had investigated that report, was on Robertsville Road when he saw what he described as a "large cat with a long tail" traveling along a creek bed in the woods.


Another search ensued, this time with a helicopter doing aerial surveillance. No animal was found, but police said a 'feline track' was observed in a muddy creek bed.


A wildlife biologist is analyzing photos of the tracks to determine their origin, police said.

Mountain lions are also known as cougars, panthers and pumas.

According to the Mountain Lion Foundation, the species are tan with black tipped ears and tail, weigh 80 to 180 pounds, stand 2 to 3 feet high at the shoulders and are 6 to 8 feet long, with the tail accounting for a third of the length.


They feed on deer, wild hogs, raccoons, rabbits, porcupines, and birds.

In the United States, they are believed to exist only in 12 western states and the tip of Florida, according to the foundation