Eastern puma questions put Florida panther in peril

摘要

The Eastern puma, which hasn't roamed the Northeast in nearly 80 years, is finally poised to be removed from the endangered species list. The big cat is extinct, right? Not so fast. What if the cougar -- the inspiration for Penn State's Nittany Lion and countless other mascots -- didn't exist in the first place? That's what some scientists enlisted by the Fish and Wildlife Service to review the delisting proposal for the Eastern puma are suggesting.