List of fatal cougar attacks in North America by decade
- List of fatal cougar attacks in North America by decade
This is a list of fatal cougar attacks that occurred in North America by decade in chronological order. The cougar is also commonly known as Puma, Mountain Lion and Panther; and less commonly known as Painter, American Lion, Catamount, Indian Devil, Mountain Screamer, Deer Tiger, Purple Panther, Silver Lion, Red Tiger, Brown Lion and Mexican Lion. The sub-population in Florida, which is the only population east of the Mississippi River, is known as the Florida Panther.
At least 18 people in the United States were killed by cougars between 1890 and 2005, including six in California. More than two-thirds of the Canadian fatalities occurred on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Although fatal cougar attacks are extremely rare and occur much less frequently than fatal snake bites, fatal lightning strikes or fatal bee stings, children are particularly vulnerable. The vast majority of the child victims listed herein were alone or accompanied only by other children.
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