Cougars on Campus at Stanford?

Stanford University students have been advised to stay aware of their surroundings and to avoid walking alone on campus in the wake of reports that at least one mountain lion was seen on Campus Drive the weekend of May 20.

The Stanford Department of Public Safety says that two sightings were reported early Saturday morning. It was not sure whether the callers had seen the same animal.

Sightings of wild animals on the Stanford campus are not unusual, police said. Most wild animals are seen in remote areas of the campus, however, rather than on Campus Drive. Two-thirds of Stanford's campus consists of open space in the foothills of the Santa Clara mountains.

Source: "Department of Public Safety Reports Two Mountain Lion Sightings," by Mandy Kovach - the Stanford Daily, May 22, 2006

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