Although we like to get as much information as possible about pumas in the Santa Cruz Mountains as possible, there are cases where we choose not to collar animals for their safety. Last night, when we were attempting to catch an uncollared female, one of her three young kittens wandered into our cage trap instead. The kitten was too small for one of our adult collars, and too big for our tiny cub collars, so we let it go.

Even though we didn’t collar the kitten, we got some cool footage from the camera set to record the trap that provides insight into the family lives of pumas. Watch below!