LDWF has never denied that cougars exist. In fact there have been a few confirmed in the last several years. I don't know that I've ever seen them deny the existence of Black Panthers either, just never confirmed one because they've never been able to. This is because the only big cats that roam in Louisiana even occasionally are cougars and jaguarundi. I would bet most "black panther" sightings are in fact the jaguarundi.
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