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Fast Facts
1) Mountain lions are variously called cougars, pumas or panthers.
2) Lions are primarily solitary and do not hunt in packs like wolves.
3) Males and females come together for breeding purposes only.
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Our Inspiration
Our foundation is a private organization that was created in 2003 after the South Dakota legislation removed mountain lions from the endangered species list and identified them as big game.
Mountion Lions in general, as well as in Western South Dakota, are at the top of the food chain and play a critical role in the ecosystem. They are symbolic of wilderness, but their wilderness habitat is ever shrinking as humans inhabit and fragment their world.
Our goals are vital for the long-term survival of lions and for the people who co-exist with them.
Our Goals
- 1) To educate the public regarding living safely in lion habitat and the importance of lions in the ecosystem.
- 2) To increase tolerance for lions by compensating for lion depredation.
- 3) To support research on the use of aversive conditioning and other creative, non-lethal techniques to reduce human/lion conflict.
- 4) To prevent habitat loss and fragmentation.