ORIGINAL: Conservationist

The DEC does have records of mountain lion sightings and reports - .

The DEC wont deny there being Mt Lions in the state - The simply wont say that there is either.



CONSERVATIONIST.......HI, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE FINE ACTUALLY IS,? I HAVE HEARD MANY DIFFERENT QUOTES? i REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE LAW READS?

A Mt. Lion is a very deadly animal if not respected but, for they would rather be unseen and unbothered. It is just their nature. If given enough space lions in NY would not be a big deal the problem lies in people that would not be happy leaving well enough alone and they would go looking for these animals and would end up getting injured or worse then the animals would be labled man eaters and would most likely be killed on sight in spite of the hefty fine that would go along with it.