by Anura Guruge
on November 22, 2022
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My pictures of the TWO of them from May 2018.
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We knew them, i.e., the two mountain lions, well. We used to be v. frequent visitors to the ‘Squam Lakes Science Center‘ for many, many years in a row. We had ‘Boston’ ‘Museum of Science‘ membership which gave us free or reduced admission. We went even outside of that.
We were invited to an evening viewing & reception when the two baby cubs first arrived. I guess that was 19 to 20 years ago. Well we have seen them so often after that.
Indubitably they were the highlight of any visits. Such beautiful & majestic animals. Plus, they had got quite tame. They tolerated us, the annoying public. Sometimes I have seen them interact & play with visitors.
Sad to see that they are both gone. May 2018 was probably our last visit — given that 2020 to now was COVID.
I had no idea how long they lived. I gather 19 to 20 years is the norm.
I hope they had a good life at Squam. We can never be sure. They were well taken care of, BUT they were not free. They could NOT roam.