The staff and visitors at Shy Wolf Sanctuary in Naples said goodbye to Cimarron the cougar on June 20.
"He was with us for a long time, which is amazing for him to live that long,"
said Director Liz Harmon. While the average lifespan for a cougar in captivity is 16, Cimarron turned 19 in May. He had come to the sanctuary as a 3-year-old.
"All of our animals here were pets at some time," she continued. "So he was someone's pet. It doesn't really work out usually to have a cougar for a pet."
So he lived the rest of his life at Shy Wolf. In a Facebook post, the sanctuary reported that that Cimmy, as he was called, passed away from natural causes, surrounded by those who loved him.
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