{"id":328792,"date":"2025-10-24T09:36:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T09:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/328792\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T09:36:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T09:36:17","slug":"cougar-bobcat-or-domestic-cat-dnr-weighs-in-on-inver-grove-heights-sighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/328792\/","title":{"rendered":"Cougar, bobcat or domestic cat? DNR weighs in on Inver Grove Heights sighting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Was that a cougar on your front lawn or just your neighbor\u2019s cat? That\u2019s the question some residents in Inver Grove Heights are asking themselves after a large feline was spotted across town in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

Dakota County Commissioner Joe Atkins shared news of the reported cougar sighting on his social media page<\/a>, writing the latest sighting came on October 17 at a home near 70th and Cahill in Inver Grove Heights.<\/p>\n

He adds that over the last month, another trail cam near Cahill and Concord caught the animals on camera, with residents also reporting a sighting near Inver Hills Community College and at South Valley Park.<\/p>\n

\"Joe<\/p>\n

Joe Atkins&comma; County Commissioner Facebook<\/p>\n

There was also evidence of the feline discovered along Barnes Avenue, according to Atkins.<\/p>\n

Bring Me The News<\/a> reached out to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and a spokesperson tells us their expert believes the animal is either a bobcat or a domestic cat.<\/p>\n

Atkins shared a video <\/a>of the feline asking viewers to watch it and form their own opinion on its species.<\/p>\n

If you managed to snag a picture or video of what is either a bobcat or a bloomin’ gigantic domestic cat, feel free to send it along to\u00a0news@bringmethenews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Bring Me The News<\/a> on Oct 23, 2025, where it first appeared in the MN Lifestyle<\/a> section. Add Bring Me The News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Was that a cougar on your front lawn or just your neighbor\u2019s cat? That\u2019s the question some residents…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":328793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[23930,163483,163480,163482,163481,163484,159,67,132,68,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-328792","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-cat","9":"tag-dakota-county","10":"tag-inver-grove-heights","11":"tag-inver-hills-community-college","12":"tag-joe-atkins","13":"tag-minnesota-department-of-natural-resources","14":"tag-science","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115428471292175381","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}