To collar or not to collar?

Although we like to get as much information as possible about pumas in the Santa Cruz Mountains as possible, there are cases where we choose not to collar animals for their safety. Last night, when we were attempting to catch an uncollared female, one of her three...

Video: Female puma & cubs

  A trail camera we have posted at a puma scent marking site caught this brief glimpse into the busy life of a mother puma.  Believe it or not, despite hundreds or thousands of trail camera videos of pumas traveling, this is the first one we’ve captured of...

Why collar kittens?

The Santa Cruz Puma Project was recently  granted permission to start tracking puma kittens by fitting them with GPS collars when they are about four weeks old. We have received some questions from the public about why we want to follow the kittens from early on in...