KY Cougar Sighting

Ron Schaffner passes this news along:

"A mountain lion is spotted running loose near a local neighborhood.
"In the past three weeks, six people reported seeing the big cat.
"It was first seen near Camp Springs, just off the AA Highway in Campbell County. More recently, the cougar has been seen much closer to Cincinnati." ...
"Cathy Rust saw a mountain lion three weeks ago, about seven miles south off the AA Highway in Camp Springs. She saw it outside the Saddle Club. The cat was across the street, prowling outside the Campbell County Animal Shelter. She made sure the five others in the club got a look at it and reported it.
"'Yeah, that's why I was glad and called them,' said Rust. 'So people wouldn't think I was nuts!'
"'I'm not as surprised as I would have been years ago,' said John Dinon, Cincinnati Zoo's Conservation Program.
"In fact, John Dinon, the head of the Cincinnati Zoo's Conservation Program, says there is so much wildlife in the area he's not surprised a mountain lion would migrate in just for the food. Or if one escaped captivity, like the cougar on the run from a preserve west of Indianapolis." ...
"It's rare, but there were other mountain lion sightings in Kentucky last year. A man outside of Louisville had a cougar on his front lawn."