The taxidized Cougar killed in 2023 was unveiled by the community

Minneapolis (Fox 9) – –
Families came up to take their first look at a taxidized Cougar on Saturday morning in the Kenwood Rec Center.

Kenwood Cougar remembered

The background story:

It was assumed that the mighty mountain lion was looking for a partner in 2023 before he was killed by a car on Interstate 394.

“It is so cool to see what it actually was,” Michaela Finnegan from Minneapolis told Fox 9.

Terry Alex doesn't have to imagine. He says he saw the puma in the middle of the street as he drove home.

“I made myself slower. I was probably like five miles an hour when I came by and stopped,” said Alex. “He looked up, I remember his fluffy ears and his cock.”

Experts weigh the animal's journey

Grab deeper:

The taxidermist Meadow Koufffeld spent almost 60 hours with the dead Puma to create the clay sculpture of it.

“The animal has a rash on it,” said taxierman Meadow Koufffeld. “As far as death goes [the skull] Was broken, so he died immediately. There was no suffering. “

The 2-year-old Mountain Lion was born in Nebraska and probably traveled around 530 miles before his death in the twin cities.

The Minneapolis Park officers are now planning to give the Cougar a permanent rest area in the Kroening Nature Center.