The Brief
- Families lined up to get a picture with a taxidermized cougar at the Kenwood Rec Center on Saturday morning.
- The 2-year-old mountain lion was born in Nebraska and traveled 530 miles before its 2023 death on I-394.
- Community members raised $11,700 to have the animal’s body preserved.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) –
Families lined up to get their first glimpse at a taxidermized cougar on Saturday morning at the Kenwood Rec Center.
Kenwood cougar remembered
The backstory:
The powerful mountain lion was believed to be searching for a mate in 2023 before it was killed by a car on Interstate 394.…