Grovel ran into that too. I think what happened is that a ranger or druid was attacked by the cougar and tamed it by the road. Telling it to hold its position, the cougar sat there until somebody else killed it. Now when the next person came along and killed the cougar by the road, the server set that spot as its respawn position. It may be sad, but we need to get a druid or ranger to tame the rabid animal, bring it to a far corner and deal with it like old yeller. Otherwise the respawn point will reset the next server reset.