We at the Virginia Museum of Natural History are saddened by the news that the eastern cougar ...

January 24, 2018

We at the Virginia Museum of Natural History are saddened by the news that the eastern cougar has officially been declared extinct. While not surprising, we hope that this declaration is universally accepted as sombering news and serves as motivation for each of us to learn about - and appreciate - the natural resources and species of our great planet, so that no inhabitant ever again suffers a similar, unacceptable fate.

UPDATE
For more information, we encourage you to go to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife website at www.fws.gov/northeast/ecougar.