@startribune: When you hear them, the sound is more chirp than roar: a high-pitched call three young cougars use to keep in touch with one another and the cat who will soon become their adoptive mother. ⠀ In August, sisters Lysandra and Elide and their brother, Gavriel, arrived at the Wildlife Science Center from Washington. The kittens were orphaned after their mother was killed by a landowner while preying on goats. ⠀ The center had been hoping to take in young cougars after the death of an older cougar, Pandora. So when Washington’s Department of Natural Resources called, the center’s executive director and co-founder Peggy Callahan sent her team west. A biologist examined the kittens before the team brought them back to Minnesota — a round trip totaling more than 40 hours on the road. ⠀ The kittens have been quarantined at the Stacy non-profit educational and research facility while undergoing vaccinations and deworming before they’ll live with their new mother, Nice Kitty. ⠀ 📹 Anthony Soufflé/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Jess :

I am also a baby cougar (a single 31 year old)

rach <3 :

the throne of glass names omg 😭😭

ꪖꪑρ! ˙𐃷˙ :

how am i supposed to take this seriously???

Dasautochick :

Whoever shot their mom should be in jail 😢 So glad the babies are safe and kept together ❤️

Bex :

I love the throne of glass references

Becca :

hisses get kisses

ohlookitstimeforanap :

The chirps 😭 I can’t believe they don’t have their mama. Shame on that person.

b2025p :

If not friend then why friend shaped?

Morgana :

squeak SQUEEEAAK

gremlin :

✨Gillian✨ :

The airplane ears omg

Catsonthesouthside :

throne of glass names 🥰

lauren :

Omg their meow😭

user8781146894847 :

So the mom was shot because she wanted to eat and feed her babies?!!!

spicy cupcake 🧁 🌶 :

thats sad

📚🌙⭐️ Hannah 🌙⭐️📚 :

THRONE OF GLASS NAMES?! Be still my heart.

SarahHere :

Why do they remind me more of puppies instead of kittens?

Melody Schievink :

I died when I heard their names!!! Not a TOG girly working there naming animals!!! I love it!!!

𝐋𝐞𝐞 | 🤎 🪶 👜 :

Gonna pull a crocodile hunter here and say “they’re beautiful and dangerous, I wanna touch it! 😂 Seriously though, awesome to see the new babies thriving.

Heidi :

PPSSSPSPSPSPSPSPSPS

The Walking Rot :

I live in stacy! where is this place, im coming to pet them

No Hierarchy 🍉 :

KITTY 🥰 CAN I PET?

Mikerra :

Mom was just trying to feed her babies!

Julez Suller :

Stopppppoppp! The names!! 😭❤️‍🔥

Moony :

Gavriel like from Throne of Glass?! ❤️