Mountain lion struck by vehicle in Country Club Village on Friday
COUNTRY CLUB VILLAGE, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- Country Club Village authorities reported a mountain lion was struck by a vehicle Friday evening in the area of 71 Highway and Miller Road.
The department confirmed multiple earlier sightings of the cougar by residents after the collision occurred around 5:20 p.m. Friday in County Club Village.
Agents with the Missouri Department of Conservation were able to locate the feline, which had serious injuries likely as a result of the collision and had to be euthanized according to reporting from KQ2.
"I’m sure everyone is concerned about the mountain lion that was seen in Country Club Village earlier this evening. We would like to thank the Missouri Department of Conservation and Andrew County Sheriff’s Department for their quick response and handling the situation," a Facebook post from the Country Club Village Police Department reads.
The incident marks the second confirmed sighting by MDC of a mountain lion in Northwest Missouri in the last four months following a confirmed sighting in October in DeKalb County. The lion was reportedly seen in multiple locations near Amazonia and later by Clarksdale, Missouri.
As of late 2024, the Missouri Department of Conservation had confirmed roughly 120 mountain lion sightings and reports since 1996. More than a dozen official sightings have occurred statewide in 2025.
Measuring up to 8 feet long and weighing between 64 and 265 pounds, depending on whether it's male or female, mountain lions are solitary animals and attacks on humans are rare.
According to MDC, a majority of sightings statewide have been single male mountain lions likely grown up and traveling along the Missouri River corridor in search of their own territory. Genetic samples in the past from cougars found traveling through Missouri suggest many are coming from western states, according to the department's website.
Missouri does not have an established breeding population, and no evidence has been recorded of reproduction in the state.
