A consensus exists among wildlife officials in 21 eastern states that the eastern cougar subspecies has been extirpated from eastern United States.
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The mascot for both schools, as well as nearby BF Grady, is the Panther, the namesake of the Eastern cougar, which once roamed the swamps and forests of Eastern North Carolina.