Mountain lions in Missouri are protected under the Wildlife Code, which prohibits hunting but allows the killing of an animal threatening life or property. PULASKI COUNTY, Mo – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has confirmed the sighting of a mountain lion on private land in Pulaski County. The Missouri Conservation Department's mountain lion response team has only identified one female, killed in 1994. The Missouri Department of Conservation said fewer than 1 percent of the reports its Mountain Lion Response Team investigates turn out to be true. The Missouri Department of Conservation used these cutouts as a size comparison. A similar code applies in Kansas. The name of the landowner and the property location are not being released at the request of the landowner. Zarlenga said the department has never stocked or released mountain lions in Missouri and has no plans to do so. (Source: Missouri Department of Conservation) ... November 12, 2019. KANSAS CITY, Mo. Was it a mountain lion or a house cat? The confirmation is based on a trail camera photo taken June 29. (AP) — Mountain lions may be making a reappearance in Missouri after being declared extinct in the state in the 1920s.