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Large cats including lions, leopards, cheetahs, jaguars, ocelots, jaguarundis, pumas, lynxes, and bobcats are banned from private ownership, according to Connecticut state statutes.—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026 Panthers are black, pumas are brown, and tigers are?—Kory Stamper, Longreads, 19 Mar. 2026 Between Chile and Argentina, Tompkins has helped engineer one of the largest rewilding initiatives on Earth, restoring predators, grazers, and vital bird species — including pumas, huemuls, and macaws.—The Editors, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026 On Thursday, the California Fish and Game Commission unanimously voted to list six specific mountain lion populations — more than 1,400 pumas — in Southern California and the Central Coast as threatened under state law.—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for puma