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Monica Morrison, founder of Texas Native Cats, says that recently, history has been made for both mountain lions and ocelots in Texas. Mountain lions, a threatened / imperiled species, and ocelots, classified as endangered, now face a potential future of remarkable and positive change. Learn what has transpired for both of these amazing, beautiful cats and what lies ahead.
Monica got her start with wildlife more than 25 years ago at the Dallas Zoo as a volunteer and tiger docent. She has volunteered in various capacities at two Dallas-area big cat rescue centers. She participated in an ocelot study in Mexico, another in Kenya on African lions, and worked with organizations in South America on jaguar and other big cat projects. In 2017, she founded Texas Native Cats, a nonprofit that provides education, outreach, and advocacy for Texas’ five species of wild cats, past and present. See more at texasnativecats.org.
There are five species of wild cats that currently or historically call Texas home: jaguars, mountain lions, bobcats, ocelots, and jaguarundis.
The photo is an Ocelot – from Texas Native Cats website
