Officials said there are some things you do take to prevent a mountain lion encounter from becoming an attack. Stay calm and back away slowly. Face the lion and stand up straight.

File photo of a mountain lion. Officials in Wisconsin said an archery deer hunter came across a cougar and fatally shot it. Gideon.Photo via Unsplash An archery deer hunter shot and killed a ...

File photo of a mountain lion. Officials in Wisconsin said an archery deer hunter came across a cougar and fatally shot it. Gideon.Photo via Unsplash An archery deer hunter shot and killed a ...

An archery deer hunter shot and killed a protected cougar while fearing for his safety, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Randy Johnson, a large carnivore specialist with ...

File photo of a mountain lion. Officials in Wisconsin said an archery deer hunter came across a cougar and fatally shot it. Gideon.Photo via Unsplash An archery deer hunter shot and killed a ...

File photo of a mountain lion. Officials in Wisconsin said an archery deer hunter came across a cougar and fatally shot it. Gideon.Photo via Unsplash An archery deer hunter shot and killed a ...

File photo of a mountain lion. Officials in Wisconsin said an archery deer hunter came across a cougar and fatally shot it. Gideon.Photo via Unsplash An archery deer hunter shot and killed a ...

WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES A long-tailed weasel, one of three weasel species in Wisconsin, dashes ... Mountain lions, also known as cougars, are the largest cats in North America.

BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) — After a few locally viral Facebook posts, people are once again questioning whether the Mountain State is home to mountain lions. Todd Dowdy, Wildlife Biologist with the ...

Officials said there are some things you do take to prevent a mountain lion encounter from becoming an attack. Stay calm and back away slowly. Face the lion and stand up straight.

“There is a far greater risk, for example, of being killed in an automobile accident with a deer than of being attacked by a mountain lion.” Officials said there are some things you do take to ...